Hobbling a Generation: Young African American Men in Washington,D.C.'s Criminal Justice System—Five Years Later

Abstract

The number of young African American men ages 18 to 35 in the District of Columbia under criminal justice supervision—in prison or jail, probation or parole, out on bond or being sought on a warrant—was compared to U.S. census data for the district. It was found that virtually half (49.9 percent) of that population was under justice control on any given day in early 1997.