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How many Hispanic or Latino inmates were incarcerated in Lander County in Q3?

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Nevada Department of Corrections Deputy Director William Quenga | https://doc.nv.gov/About/Director/Executive_Team/

Nevada Department of Corrections Deputy Director William Quenga | https://doc.nv.gov/About/Director/Executive_Team/

Lander County had two Hispanic or Latino individuals incarcerated in the third quarter of 2024, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.

This is a decrease of 33.3% from the quarter before, when there were three Hispanic or Latino individuals incarcerated.

Cristian Alejandro Gonzales, a 26-year-old Hispanic or Latino man, was the youngest inmate in Lander County in the third quarter of 2024.

Overall, local jails in the county had eight people incarcerated as of the third quarter of 2024.

Every year, at least 38,000 people are booked into Nevada's local jails.

Nevada has an incarceration rate of 713 per 100,000 people, which means it incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other democracy in the world, according to 2020 U.S. Census data obtained by the Prison Policy Initiative.

Distribution of Incarcerated Population in Lander County in Q3

Non-hispanic White [62.5%]White [12.5%]Hispanic or Latino [25%]Ethnicities <5% [0%]

Inmates in Lander County in Q3

NameEthnicity
Bryson Ray JohnNon-Hispanic white
Colby A. BeckerWhite
Cristian Alejandro GonzalesHispanic or Latino
Donavan Keith WatkinsNon-Hispanic white
Gonzalo Duarte SotoHispanic or Latino
Kyle C. RayNon-Hispanic white
Michael JamesNon-Hispanic white
William O. GibbonsNon-Hispanic white

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