Minnesota Correctional Facility - Shakopee (the only Minnesota state prison for
women) mentioned a shocking statistic: Native Americans are 1.1% of the state's
adult population, but 23% of the women incarcerated at Shakopee are Native
Americans. Given their numbers in the population, that's a 21-to-1 disparity, a
figure that dwarfs the African-American and Native American racial disparities
for male prisoners in MInnesota. The Minnesota Department of Corrections'
website confirms these figures:
https://mn.gov/doc/assets/04FacilityInmateProfile_tcm1089-293822.pdf.
Chuck Turchick
Minneapolis