Incarceration
Whether a person was sentenced to incarceration that had to be served.
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Shelby County Criminal Court · Division 3
D. Reed
This page summarizes adjusted racial gaps across qualifying sentencing records. It does not make a finding about motive, wrongdoing, or an individual case.
- Qualifying cases
- 270
- Next election
- 2030
- Trend
- Not yet established
Disparity Score 39.9 Moderate racial gaps Data strength: Limited
Why this score? Key findings
Black defendants had the longer adjusted incarceration sentences in the comparison with White defendants.
Incarceration 32.5 Moderate racial gaps
Sentence length 39.9 Moderate racial gaps
- Black defendants had an adjusted incarceration-to-serve rate about 13 percentage points higher than White defendants in the fixture comparison.
- The largest adjusted sentence-length difference was about 40%.
- The uncertainty range is wide, so the result carries a Limited data-strength label.
Data: 270 qualifying cases · Limited. Synthetic records from December 27, 2017 through December 27, 2025.
This score describes aggregate patterns in the analyzed data. It does not prove racism, discrimination, intent, misconduct, or whether any individual sentence was appropriate.
Two outcome model
What was measured
Sentence length
How long the incarceration sentence was among custodial cases.
Similar-case adjustments
Offense severity, prior record, plea or trial, age, and gender are included when supported by the data.
Public case projection
Cases shown in this fixture
Defendant names are not displayed. A case row does not carry an individual disparity judgment.
| Case | Disposition | Sentence | Model use |
|---|---|---|---|
| FX-2025-0002 | Trial conviction | Custodial · 36 months | Included |