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Speaker urges CJAC to probe persistent 42% Black share of Oklahoma County jail population
Summary
At an Oklahoma County meeting, an unnamed speaker asked the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (CJAC) to investigate why Black people comprise roughly 42% of the county jail population despite an overall drop in detainees and noted the county is discussing building a new jail.
An unnamed speaker at an Oklahoma County meeting urged the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (CJAC) to investigate why Black people still make up roughly 42% of the county jail population, even though the total number of people detained has fallen.
“it showed that the population of the jail was 42%, African Americans. And here we are today, still the population of the jail is roughly around 42%,” the speaker said, adding that the overall jail population “has gone down,” but the Black share has not. The speaker…
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