In May 2025, were all Milwaukee County teens under county authority in youth prisons Black or Hispanic?

In May 2025, were all Milwaukee County teens under county authority in youth prisons Black or Hispanic?

As of May 21, 2025, all Milwaukee County teens who are the county's responsibility and in Wisconsin youth prisons were Black or Hispanic.

In May 2025, were all Milwaukee County teens under county authority in youth prisons Black or Hispanic? | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims. Yes. As of May 21, all Milwaukee County teens who are the responsibility of the county and held in Wisconsin’s youth prisons were Black or Hispanic. There were 28 teens (96.4% Black) under “non-serious juvenile offender” court orders. That includes teens age 17 and under sentenced to the s…