New Jersey 101.5 reports:
In New Jersey, a black kid is 24 times more likely to be committed to a secure juvenile facility than a white child, giving New Jersey the third-highest black-white commitment disparity rate in the entire nation,” said Andrea McChristian, the report’s primary author. “The disproportion comes down to policy choices and a conscious decision of which kids deserve to be locked up, and which should be treated like kids.”…