Some Are Impacted More Than Others

While every demographic feels the impact of family incarceration, some families have it worse than others.

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Already high rates of jailing skyrocket for families with low income or those of color, especially black American families.

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Black adults are 50% more likely than white adults to have had an immediate family member incarcerated.

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Black adults are 3 times more likely than white adults to have had an immediate family member incarcerated for longer than one year.

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Estimates of Family Incarceration by Race and Ethnicity

These findings reinforce the uneven impact of incarceration and the disproportionate burden that incarceration imposes on families of color.

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Black and Latino families are also far more likely to experience longer prison sentences.

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Families living in poverty and those with low incomes run a higher risk of incarceration.

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Family incarceration is more concentrated in lower income groups

The share of people who have had an immediate family member incarcerated increases with each declining income bracket.

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Families living in certain parts of the country feel the effects more than others.

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1 in 2 adults in America has had a family member in jail or prison.

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