Divided Justice: Trends in Black and White Jail Incarceration 1990-2013

This report finds that while African-American people are still overwhelmingly overrepresented in local jails nationally, black incarceration is falling while white incarceration is on the rise. The report shows that between 2005 and 2013, the black jail incarceration rate declined by 20 percent nationally, as did the number of black people in jails. In contrast, the jailed white population doubled between 1990 and 2013. The report is supported by MacArthur's Safety and Justice Challenge.