There is also a strong correlation between foster care and incarceration. This correlation intensifies when they are students of color or LGBTQI. Those in the foster-care system are three times more likely to be suspended or expelled than their peers. Fifty percent of children within the foster-care system are black or Hispanic. Twenty-five percent will end up behind bars within a few years of turning eighteen.30 Former foster-care children represent one of the largest incarcerated populations. For example, in California 70 percent of the incarcerated populace is former foster-care youth.31
