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Graph comparing portions of the general population and formerly incarcerated population at each level of educational attainment

Data Source: See https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/education.html#methodology for sources and data notes. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 1969)

This graph originally appeared in Getting Back on Course: Educational exclusion and attainment among formerly incarcerated people.



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