Black and Hispanic people incarcerated in New York state prisons are more likely than white people to face further punishment once they wind up behind bars, according to a state inspector general report released Thursday.
A Black person behind bars in New York from 2015 to 2020 was more than 22% more likely to get cited for misbehavior than a white person, according to the report, which looked at misbehavior reports that were ultimately dismissed. At the same time, a Hispanic person behind bars was over 12% more likely.
Factors fueling the disparities likely range from explicit and implicit racial bias among corrections staffers. The report also pointed to shifts in state prison population demographics at a time when the number of people behind bars in New York has declined 41% since 2015. “Although racial disparities may not start at the prison gates, unfortunately they also do not end there.” Lang said in a statement.
Lang said corrections officials should also have less discretion to decide the severity of punishment for misbehavior. New York’s corrections department has argued such a move would tie the hands of hearing officers.
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