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Graph showing that Whites are underrepresented in the incarcerated population while Blacks, and Latinos are overrepresented in prisons, and jails in Mississippi using data from the 2010 Census

(Graph: Peter Wagner and Joshua Aiken, December 2016)

This graph is a part of 50 state incarceration profiles.

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