Latino and Hispanic Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

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and 60 percent were White; and 54 percent of Latino defendants’ victims were Latino and 44 percent White. What Portion of People Arrested and Convicted of Drug-Related Offenses are Latino? • Around 16 percent of Latino prisoners under state jurisdiction were convicted of drug related crimes, compared to 18 percent of African Americans and 14 percent of Whites. • Latinos accounted for over 45 percent of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) federal arrests, compared to only 26 percent for Whites and 25 percent for African Americans. • Over 45 percent of drug offenders convicted and sentenced in federal court are Latino, 25.9 percent are African American, and 25.3 percent are White. • Though Latinos account for a majority of drug-related federal sentences, African Americans account for more than 85 percent of crack cocaine–related federal sentences, while Whites made up 48 percent of methamphetamine offenders. Crack cocaine defendants are sentenced on average to 78 months compared to cannabis offenders (65 percent Latino) who serve less than a third of that time. How Active are Latinos in Gangs? • Latinos account for almost half (46 percent) of all documented gang members in the United States. African Americans make up 35 percent, and only 11 percent are White. • Despite the high numbers of documented Latino gang members, only 3 percent of young Latinos aged sixteen to twenty-five report that they are now or have ever been in a gang. What Is the Impact of U.S. Immigration Law Enforcement on Latinos? • The number of federal immigration cases has increased by 97 percent in the last decade. • Of all individuals detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 88 percent are nationals of Mexico (67 percent), Guatemala (9 percent), Honduras (6.2 percent), and El Salvador (5.5 percent). • The vast majority of immigration-related apprehensions (96 percent) occurred in southwest border states, with the largest share of apprehensions (36 percent) in Tucson, Arizona. Page 26 of 112
• According to 2009 data, 94 percent of defendants accused of immigration-related federal crimes were detained prior to disposition of their cases, outpacing defendants detained for violent crimes (86.9 percent) and weapon offenses (82.3 percent). • Of individuals charged with immigration-related crimes by the federal government, 99 percent plead guilty. • Of individuals detained for immigration related offenses, 48 percent have a criminal record, about 80 percent for non-immigration-related offenses. The majority of them are from Mexico (77 percent), Guatemala (6 percent), Honduras (6 percent), and El Salvador (5 percent). • Immigrants with criminal records removed from the United States have been convicted of: Drug related convictions (22 percent); Criminal trafficking (23 percent); and Immigration related offenses (20 percent). Notes *Note that some states are excluded from this tabulation: Alaska, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. [Connecticut and New Mexico repealed the death penalty prospectively. The men already sentenced in each state remain under sentence of death. This excerpt has been reprinted with permission from Latino Stats: American Hispanics by the Numbers, by Idelisse Malavé and Esti Giordani, and published by The New Press, 2015. Page 27 of 112
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