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two bar charts showing people in prison 55 and older as a percentage of adult arrests and people in prison, increasing from 1991 to 2021

Data Source: FBI, Crime Data Explorer & Bureau of Justice Statistics' Prisoners series. (Graph: Emily Widra, 2023)

This graph originally appeared in The aging prison population: Causes, costs, and consequences.



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