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La Tonya Johnson: “The rate of black youth in correctional placements when…”

Featuring: La Tonya Johnson, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, District 6

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Published | Video Starts at 11:25

Also in Lincoln Hills and Copper Lakes, it's at least two correctional. Juvenile correctional officers per every five juvenile. Something that's unheard of at Vail Phillips and other correctional facilities around the state now. So The rate of black youth in correctional placements when compared to white youth is 15 times. Jonathan Delgrave Youth Development Care center, which is located in Racine. It's a Searcy, which means David Secure Residential Facility for you. They're responsible for that payment, too. (11:25–11:32)

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Asserts that black youth are placed in correctional facilities at a rate 15 times higher than white youth.

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