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La Crosse County trying to reduce rate at which black youths arrested
Black youths arrest rate
five times higher than whites
In La Crosse County, the arrests of black youths are almost five times as high as whites.
To help reduce that rate, the Mandy Bisek with the county human services says some new programs could be in place by the start of school in the fall.
She says part of the solution is to find kids who have risk factors making them vulnerable to arrest.
Bisek wants to see young people referred to counselors or organizations that can help them without requiring them to be arrested first and placed in the juvenile system.