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Chart showing that among trans people, Black, American Indian, Latinx, and multiracial people report having ever been to prison or jail at especially high rates. 47 percent of Black trans people have ever been incarcerated, compared to 12 percent of white trans people

Data Source: National Center for Transgender Equality and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey. (Graph: Alexi Jones, 2021)

This graph originally appeared in Visualizing the unequal treatment of LGBTQ people in the criminal justice system.

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