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Bar chart comparing the incarceration rate of New Jersey with the rates of founding NATO countries.

(Graph: Emily Widra, updated July 2024)

This graph is a part of States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2024, published in June 2024. For more research and graphs about New Jersey, see our New Jersey state profile.



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