How race impacts who is detained pretrial

Overall, the available research suggests that:

• In large urban areas, Black felony defendants are over 25% more likely than white defendants to be held pretrial.

• Across the country, Black and brown defendants are at least 10-25% more likely than white defendants to be detained pretrial or to have to pay money bail.

• Young Black men are about 50% more likely to be detained pretrial than white defendants.

• Black and brown defendants receive bail amounts that are twice as high as bail set for white defendants – and they are less likely to be able to afford it.

• Even in states that have implemented pretrial reforms, racial disparities persist in pretrial detention. source