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Chart comparing rates of hearing, vision, cognitive, and ambulatory disabilities among people in state prisons and the U.S. population overall in 2016

Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Disabilities Reported by Prisoners Table 2 and the Census Bureau's 2016 American Community Survey, 1-year estimates, Table S1810. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2022)

This graph originally appeared in Chronic Punishment: The unmet health needs of people in state prisons.

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