Racial disparities in state imprisonment rates dropped significantly during the first two decades of the 21st century.

That’s one of the main findings from a report published by one of us in late 2022, along with Georgia State University colleague William Sabol, for the Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank.

Assistant professor Thaddeus L. Johnson, left, and lecturer Natasha Johnson, right, with Georgia State University's Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology. Courtesy photosq Assistant professor Thaddeus L. Johnson, left, and lecturer Natasha Johnson, right, with Georgia State University’s Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology. Courtesy photos