Data Source: Rates calculated by the Prison Policy Initiative using data from the OJJDP’s Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement and Easy Access to Juvenile Populations (2023 data).. (Graph: Emily Widra, 2026)

This graph originally appeared in The U.S. criminal justice system disproportionately hurts Native people: the data, visualized.

Confinement of youth ages 17 and younger for technical violations of probation or status offenses, per 100,000 youth