The Sentencing Project has recently released a report on Incarcerated LGBTQ+ Adults and Youth. The Sentencing Project advocates for effective and humane responses to crime that minimize imprisonment and criminalization of youth and adults by promoting racial, ethnic, economic, and gender justice.
LGBTQ+ youth’s representation among the incarcerated population is double their share of the general population.
Excerpt:
“Among minors in youth justice facilities on a typical day in 2019, 20% identified as LGBTQ+, representing approximately 7,300 people. By comparison, only 9.5% of youth ages 13 to 17 in the general population identify as LGBTQ+.
Within youth justice facilities, youth of color comprise 67% of the overall population, but 85% of the incarcerated LGBTQ+ population. While 40% of detained girls identify as LGBTQ+, the figure for detained boys is 14%.”
To read or download the entire report, click here or go to the following link: <https://www.sentencingproject.org/app/uploads/2022/10/Incarcerated-LGBTQ-Youth-and-Adults.pdf>
