Graph comparing unemployment rates of formerly incarcerated people to the general public, by race, sex, and education level. A shocking 60 percent of Black women with no high school diploma or GED are unemployed.

Data Source: See https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/education.html#methodology for sources and data notes. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2018)

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

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