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chart showing that Indian country jails have added 2,225 beds and 1,249 people between 1999 and 2018

Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics series Jails in Indian Country, 2000-2018. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer and Emily Widra, 2020)

This graph originally appeared in New BJS data reveals a jail-building boom in Indian country.

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