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Corrections facts at a glance
Additional corrections facts
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In
1997, 9% of the black population in the U.S. was under some form
of correctional supervision compared to 2% of the white population and
over 1% of other races.
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- Source: Bureau
of Justice Statistics Correctional Surveys
- (The National
Probation Data Survey, National Prisoner Statistics,
Survey of Jails, and The National Parole Data Survey) as presented
in Correctional Populations
in the United States, 1997.
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information about the data.
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