bar chart showing portion of total confined youth by race and ethnicity in 2003 compared to 2023

Data Source: Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, TJ., and Kang, W. (2025). Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjp. (Graph: Emily Widra, 2025)

This graph originally appeared in New study finds confined neurodivergent youth of color are particularly vulnerable to physical assault by staff.



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