From Colorado Public Radio:
Denverites living in one of a few small neighborhoods — Elyria-Swansea, Globeville and Sun Valley — are much more likely to be incarcerated than residents in other neighborhoods, according to a new report.
The neighborhoods are disproportionately poor. In some cases, the poverty rates have reached more than 30 percent. They are also home to more people of color than other Denver neighborhoods.
Sun Valley, west of Interstate 25, has the highest imprisonment rate in the city — 25 people in prisons reported their last address there and the neighborhood currently has 1,127 residents. That compares to the more affluent West Washington Park neighborhood, where just eight incarcerated people had addresses there, compared to 8,050 residents.
This means people living in Sun Valley are more than 20 times more likely to be sent to prison than those living in West Washington Park. Continue reading >>>
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