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Almost nine out of every ten jail inmates were adult males. However, the number of adult females in jail increased faster than males.
Since 2000, the number of juveniles held in adult facilities declined each year.
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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,
Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear
and Census of Jails 1999.
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