Also, we all know this is particularly targeted at Black and Native kids, who are targeted by police, who are given harsher punishments by courts, and who are more likely to be in impoverished families.
For those that might want some data on the racial disparities, here’s a small sampling of the massive amounts of evidence that this absolutely is targeted at children of color.
http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/06-11_REP_DangersOfDetention_JJ.pdf
http://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/racial-disparities-in-youth-commitments-and-arrests/
Debtors’ Prison for Kids: Poor Children Incarcerated When Families Can’t Pay Juvenile Court Fees
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