After pandemic decreases, share of Black inmates in Maryland prisons peaks

The coronavirus pandemic caused a historic drop in Maryland's prison population. But after the state of emergency ended and prisons filled up again, the share of Black incarcerated people reached a five-year-high late last year, a Capital News Service data analysis has found.

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