“We need to be looking at every stage of our system to make sure that the policies and practices that we have in place are treating people equally and justly, no matter what their socioeconomic status is, no matter what their race is,” said Perrin Duncan, program officer for the Arnall Family Foundation. “We need to be thoughtful about that right now.”
Duncan was presenting at a public safety forum hosted by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber earlier this month.
About 1 in 6 Oklahoma County residents is Black. But according to the Criminal Justice Authority Council website, nearly half of the people in the Oklahoma County Detention Center are Black…