Biggest racial gap in prison is among violent offenders – focusing on intervention instead of incarceration could change the numbers
- Written by Thaddeus L. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University

Racial disparities in state imprisonment rates dropped significantly during the first two decades of the 21st century.
That’s one of the main findings from a report published by one of us in late 2022, along with Georgia State University colleague William...