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Ontario Dept: A Star analysis of Ontario jail data, obtained by University of Toronto doctoral candidate Akwasi Owusu-Bempah through freedom of information requests, shows:, according to The Star. For black boys, the proportion of jail admissions is four times higher. Related Mother, sons sucked into criminal justice system Behind the Ontario jail data and Toronto Star analysis Data on admissions of youth to provincial jails Few youth get the mental health they need Analysis: Why we should worry about who we're jailing Ontario must stop imprisonment by race: Editorial VIDEO: Who we jail Blacks and aboriginal people are overrepresented in Ontario youth and adult jails, with some staggering ratios that mirror those of blacks in American jails. In Ontario, aboriginal boys aged 12 to 17 make up 2.9 per cent of the young male population. But in Ontario youth facilities they make up nearly 15 per cent of young male admissions. In other words, there are, proportionally, five times more aboriginal boys in the young male jail population than what they represent in the general young male population. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.