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Chart showing Black men are incarcerated in prison at higher rates than any other race, 2,203 per 100,000.

Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2019, Table 10. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2022)

This graph originally appeared in Updated charts provide insights on racial disparities, correctional control, jail suicides, and more.

The original version of this chart, showing 2018 rates, was published in Visualizing the racial disparities in mass incarceration.

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