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Between 1990 and 2003, the number of white and Hispanic jail inmates increased at the same average annual rate. The number black inmates increased at a slower pace.
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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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