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Bail and Incarceration in Delaware Jails

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There is an effort in Delaware to deal with the racial disparity in the criminal justice where a majority of prison inmates are African Americans but who only represent just over 20 percent of the state population.

Currently, a task force created by the state's Supreme Court Justice is looking into how this disparity can be ameliorated.

Delmarva Public Radio's Don Rush spoke with Charlotte King, co-chair of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice about the criminal justice reform efforts in the First State.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.