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Bar chart showing that compared to the total D.C. population, Black people are overrepresented in the incarcerated population, while white people are underrepresented.

(Graph: Wendy Sawyer, September 2023)

For more research and graphs about District of Columbia, see our District of Columbia state profile.



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