juveniles in corrections

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juveniles in corrections
1999 statistics on juveniles in custody
good stats by state

highlights:

minority youth accounted for 7 in 10 juveniles held in custody for a violent offense in 1999.

black youth accounted for 55% of juveniles held for robbery and 65% of those held for drug trafficking.

minority youth accounted for 34% of the u.s. juvenile population and 62% of juveniles in custody.

for every 100,000 black juveniles living in the u.s., 1,004 were in a residential placement facility on october 27, 1999; the rate was 485 for hispanics and 212 for whites.

custody rate per 100,000 of black juvenile population
top five:
south dakota (big winner)
wyoming
connecticut
wisconsin
iowa

custody rate per 100,000 of hispanic juvenile population
top five:
mississippi (winner by a multiple of three)
connecticut
michigan
south dakota
pennsylvania