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Graph showing that while 1 in 3 people over 25 in the general public who have a high school credential go on to get a college degree, less than 5 percent of formerly incarcerated people with a high school credential do.

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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