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Graph showing the 456,000 people in state prisons, local jails, federal prisons, youth prisons, and military prisons for drug offenses.

Data Source: See "read about the data" section of full report. (Graph: Peter Wagner, 2018)

This graph originally appeared in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2018.

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