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Key Facts at a Glance
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Key
Facts at a Glance
Demographic trends in correctional
populations
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Percent of adults under correctional supervision by race, 1986-97
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Percent of U.S. population
in racial group under correctional supervision |
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Year |
White |
Black |
Other |
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1986 |
1.4% |
5.7% |
0.6% |
1987 |
1.4% |
6.2% |
0.6% |
1988 |
1.5% |
6.6% |
0.7% |
1989 |
1.6% |
7.3% |
0.7% |
1990 |
1.7% |
7.6% |
0.7% |
1991 |
1.7% |
8.0% |
0.7% |
1992 |
1.8% |
8.5% |
0.7% |
1993 |
1.8% |
9.0% |
0.8% |
1994 |
1.9% |
8.9% |
0.8% |
1995 |
2.0% |
8.8% |
1.1% |
1996 |
2.0% |
8.9% |
1.2% |
1997 |
2.0% |
9.0% |
1.3% |
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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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