New Documents Prove Tennessee County Disproportionately Jails Black Children, and It’s Getting Worse
Posted on AllSides January 5th, 2022
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ANALYSIS
Tennessee’s Rutherford County, which has been widely criticized for its juvenile justice system, has been jailing Black children at a disproportionately high rate, according to newly obtained data. And, in a departure from national trends, the county’s racial disparity is getting worse, not better.
In an earlier story, ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio chronicled a case in Rutherford County in which 11 Black children were arrested for a crime that does not exist. Four of the children were booked into the county’s juvenile jail.
Since publishing that story, the two news...