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State
|
Total youth offenders
serving LWOP
|
Youth serving LWOP per
100,000 14-17 yr. olds
|
Rank from highest to
lowest rate of sentencing youth to LWOP
|
|
Alabama
|
15
|
5.86
|
25
|
|
Arizona
|
30
|
10.33
|
20
|
|
Arkansas
|
46
|
29.21
|
7
|
|
California
|
180
|
9.18
|
22
|
|
Colorado
|
46
|
18.75
|
10
|
|
Connecticut
|
10
|
5.58
|
26
|
|
Delaware
|
7
|
16.31
|
14
|
|
Federal
|
1
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Florida
|
273
|
33.32
|
6
|
|
Georgia
|
8
|
1.71
|
33
|
|
Hawaii
|
4
|
6.08
|
24
|
|
Idaho
|
data missing
|
data missing
|
n/a
|
|
Illinois
|
103
|
14.46
|
16
|
|
Indiana
|
2
|
0.57
|
36
|
|
Iowa
|
67
|
38.23
|
4
|
|
Louisiana
|
317
|
109.56
|
1
|
|
Maryland
|
13
|
4.41
|
28
|
|
Massachusetts
|
60
|
18.49
|
11
|
|
Michigan
|
306
|
52.87
|
2
|
|
Minnesota
|
2
|
0.66
|
35
|
|
Mississippi
|
17
|
9.48
|
21
|
|
Missouri
|
116
|
35.13
|
5
|
|
Montana
|
1
|
1.71
|
32
|
|
Nebraska
|
21
|
19.57
|
9
|
|
Nevada
|
16
|
15.35
|
15
|
|
New Hampshire
|
3
|
4.25
|
29
|
|
New Jersey
|
0
|
0
|
n/a
|
|
North Carolina
|
44
|
10.55
|
19
|
|
North Dakota
|
1
|
2.44
|
31
|
|
Ohio
|
1
|
0.15
|
37
|
|
Oklahoma
|
49
|
23.21
|
8
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
332
|
49.27
|
3
|
|
Rhode Island
|
2
|
3.69
|
30
|
|
South Carolina
|
26
|
11.5
|
18
|
|
South Dakota
|
9
|
17.99
|
12
|
|
Tennessee
|
4
|
1.29
|
34
|
|
Utah
|
0
|
0
|
n/a
|
|
Vermont
|
0
|
0
|
n/a
|
|
Virginia
|
48
|
12.54
|
17
|
|
Washington
|
23
|
6.65
|
23
|
|
Wisconsin
|
16
|
4.91
|
27
|
|
Wyoming
|
6
|
17.88
|
13
|
|
National
|
2225
|
17.35
|
n/a
|
Source: Data provided to Human Rights
Watch from thirty-eight state correctional departments and additional other
sources for the states of Alabama and Virginia.
The Hawaii and Virginia data do not include race information. Population data were obtained
from the U.S. Census Bureau, State Population Data Sets, available online at:
http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/files/SC-EST2003-race6-AL_MO.csv and
http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/files/SC-EST2003-race6-MT_WY.csv,
accessed on March 4, 2005. Calculations are based on Census 2000 data, using
populations between the ages of fourteen and seventeen
