In another one of my “the kids are alright” posts at Washington Post, I focus on the extraordinary drop in imprisonment among the young. Even the large percentage decreases in the chart may not give a sense of how significant the change is: because incarceration rates are highest among young adults, it takes huge moves in the numbers to produce the big percentage drops seen in the chart.

If you believe that the criminal justice system simply is a New Jim Crow whose sole purpose is to lock up people of color consider this: As America is becoming more diverse with each generation, the rate of imprisonment is falling through the floor rather than increasing.

Other implications in my latest Wonkblog.