Questions We Answer
How often are Somali and other immigrant youth stopped, arrested, detained or diverted, compared with their peers? Which counties divert youth into community programs, and which detain them? What are young adults' employment, mental health and safety needs?
Data We Gather
Juvenile and adult justice records, youth survey and school climate data, youth employment and program outcomes, and interviews and listening sessions with young people.
What We Advocate For
Community-based diversion over detention, culturally specific mentoring and mental health care, paid youth jobs and apprenticeships, and reporting of youth outcomes by ethnicity and language.
Flagship Project: Custody, Supervision, Incarceration & Release
Our justice data follows people through four stages in the order they live them: custody (arrest, booking and pretrial detention), supervision (probation terms, violations and revocations), incarceration (sentences, programming and health care in custody), and release (re-entry, return to custody and immigration consequences). Black Minnesotans are imprisoned at nearly ten times the rate of white Minnesotans, one of the widest gaps in the nation (The Sentencing Project, 2021). Looking at one stage alone misses where disparities start and where they compound.
Contact us to learn about our data initiatives or partnership opportunities.
Telephone: 651-333-9285 (Fax: 651-204-9510)
E-mail: ashire@iftiincdf.org
Address: 450 Syndicate Street North, Suite 275, Saint Paul, MN 55104