This Tuesday, Open Buffalo released a new report, Alarming Disparities: The Disproportionate Number of African American and Hispanic People in Erie County Criminal Justice System. The report reveals that in Erie County representation of the African-American and Hispanic populations is disproportionately high in each stage of the criminal justice process, from arrest through sentencing. For example, African Americans represent 14% of the county’s population but 65% of its prison sentences. To our knowledge, this is the first compilation of this racial data in western New York.