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Chart showing Black people are incarcerated in jail at higher rates than any other race, 600 per 100,000.

Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Jail Inmates in 2019 Table 2. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2022)

This graph originally appeared in Updated charts provide insights on racial disparities, correctional control, jail suicides, and more.

The original version of this chart, showing 2018 rates, appeared in Visualizing the racial disparities in mass incarceration.

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