Since 1988, the ________________has required states to determine whether the proportion of people of color in confinement exceeds their proportion of the population. If there is disproportionate minority confinement, the state must develop and implement policies to reduce it

a. Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
b. Supreme Court
c. Juvenile Justice Equity Act
d. Department of Justice


A

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