Claim: Is the percentage of Black inmates in Wisconsin seven times higher than the percentage of Black citizens in the state?
Fact-check: Is the percentage of Black inmates in Wisconsin seven times higher than the percentage of Black citizens in the state? - Wisconsin Watch
Verdict: yes. black people comprised 42% of incarcerated individuals in wisconsin state and federal correctional facilities in 2020, according to the bureau of justice statistics. in comparison, black people made up 6% of wisconsin's overall population in the 2020 census.
Organisation: Wisconsin Watch
Author: Jacob Alabab-Moser
Date published: 2022-10-25T13:00:25