Claim: Almost half of young offenders are from black or ethnic minorities.
Fact-check: Young offenders from ethnic minorities - Full Fact
Verdict: this is correct if you look at "young offenders" who end up with custodial sentences. 47% of young people responding to a survey of young offender institutions by hm inspectorate of prisons reported they were black, asian or minority ethnic in 2015/16. ministry of justice figures paint a similar picture of all children in custody.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2016-11-17T00:00:00