County Comparisons

Males in prison per 100,000 population in April 2000, Wisconsin Counties with More than 1000 Non-Prisoner Blacks # counties with < 1000 American Indians Graphic calculated using 1999 population estimates

Females in Prison per 100,000 population in April, 2000,Wisconsin Counties with More than 1000 Non-Prisoner Blacks # counties with < 1000 American Indians Graphic calculated using 1999 population estimates

Total Prison Admissions Per 100,000 in 1999

Compare Counties Whites New Sentences For whites, Kenosha leads the way by a large margin, followed by Racine. Milwaukee is the pink, it is rising. The state average, the red, rose in the mid 1990s and then fell. The green is the “Wisconsin balance” outside the six counties. Down at the bottom are Dane County, yellow (which has falling white imprisonment rates) and Waukesha purple, modestly rising rates.

Compare counties black, new sentences thick Black new sentences. The purple is Waukesha, then Kenosha, then Dane. Notice that Milwaukee is lower than the state average. The green line is the Wisconsin balance, outside these counties: it is rising substantially for blacks.

Compare Counties, New Sentences B/w ratio These are the black/white disparities. Notice that Kenosha moves to the bottom along with Milwaukee & Racine: it is high for both blacks & whites. The racial disparity winners are Waukesha & Dane counties. Note that the Wisconsin total disparity rose from about 18 in 1990 to 22 in 1999. The Wisconsin Balance grew from about 15 in 1990 to 36 in 1999.l

Compare counties, whites violations These are violators only, whites rising substantially throughout the decade in all counties, Kenosha & Rock lead the way, followed by Racine. Milwaukee has had a substantial rise.

Compare Counties, Blacks Violations Black violator admissions rising more quickly than white, across all counties. Again, Milwaukee is at the bottom.

Compare Counties, Violations B/W ratio These are the racial disparities in admissions for probation/parole violations. State total rising from about 13 to 21. Wisconsin balance rising from about 14 to 33. Dane County started at 30, almost reached 50 in 1996, declining back to 40. Waukesha off the charts.

Milwaukee New Totals Black Hispanic white AmerInd Asian

Milwaukee New Black Drugs Violent Robbery & Burglary Theft Other Milwaukee County also shows a rise in new imprisonments for drug offenses, while violent crimes & robbery/burglary declined substantially. Theft Other

Milwaukee New White Violent Drugs Robbery & Burglary Other Theft White imprisonments in Milwaukee showed upward trend from the less serious offenses: these are new sentences only – more whites are going to prison for theft & “other,” while drug sentences are declining somewhat. Robbery & Burglary Other Theft

Dane New Totals All Races Black AmerInd Hispanic white Asian

Dane New Black Drugs Violent Theft Robbery & Burglary Other What was happening in Dane County? Here are new imprisonment rates for blacks, by offense group. You can see that all the action is in the drug offenses. What happened between 1991 & 1992? Answer, a $1.5 million grant to the Madison police to do drug enforcement. Robbery & Burglary Other

Dane New White Violent Drugs Robbery & Burglary Theft Other Whites show no such rise. The drug offenses stay low.

Racine Totals New Sentences

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Kenosha new totals Black AmerInd Hispanic white Asian

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Rock New Totals

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Waukesha Total

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WI balance total Black Asian AmerInd Hispanic white

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County Drug Disparities by Time

Black Prison Admission Rates From Dane & Milwaukee Counties 1998-2000 (annualized), new sentences Notice that the big differences are in 1) Intent to deliver drugs especially (also a big ratio for drug possession; less so for manufacture/deliver. 2) Theft/fraud. 3) Public order. 4) Armed robbery and burglary. 5) Among violent crimes, homicide is higher in Milwaukee, all assault types higher in Madison, especially “other” assault.

White Prison Admission Rates, Dane & Milwaukee Counties 1998-2000 (annualized), new sentences only By contrast, for whites, Milwaukee has higher imprisonment rates, especially for the drug offenses. Also for “other assaults,” other robbery, and public order offenses.