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Between 1990 and 2007, the number of white and Hispanic
jail inmates increased at the same average annual rate. The number of black
inmates increased at a slower pace.
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- Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Correctional Surveys (The
Annual Survey of Jails and Census of Jail Inmates) as presented
in Correctional
Populations in the United States, 1997,
Prison
and Jail Inmates at Midyear series, 1998-2006, and
Jail Inmates at Midyear 2007.
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