Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (https://jjie.org/category/research-studies/page/17/)
The Freechild Project believes that the United States is suffering an epidemic of injustice that relies on the steady increase in the numbers of young people of color and low income young people in prison. This epidemic is perpetuated by systemic racism, and facilitated by the prison-industrial complex. A growing community of young activists are working to change this formula.
A number of recent surveys have shown that there are profound racial disparities in the juvenile justice system, that African-American and Hispanic youth are more likely to be tried as adults. They are more likely to receive longer sentences, they're more likely to be in locked facilities, and on and on and on, even when charged with the same offense as whites. Do you think that that's true?
Juveniles are generally treated differently in the criminal justice system, but sometimes they are treated as adults.