Bronx Youth of Color most Vulnerable to School Arrests and Summonses
Channel: Street Visuals
Date: 2012-03-10

The Bronx has the highest rate of arrests of all five boroughs. Recent data released under the Student Safety Act-new legislation that disaggregates statistics on arrests and summonses by race, age, and gender - shows that disproportionate impact that harsh punitive measures in New York City schools have had on the Bronx, particularly on youth of color.
Out of the whopping 532 summonses issued to new York City students to appear in court during the last 3 months of 2011, the Bronx alone accounted for nearly half of all cases. 63% of those summonses were for charges of "disorderly conduct." Unbelievably, 93.5% of nearly 300 students arrested in the same period were either Black or Latino - and here too, the Bronx topped the list as the borough with the highest percentage of school-based arrests.