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chart comparing unemployment and homelessness among people in state prisons and the total U.S. population in 2016

Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016 data analyzed by the Prison Policy Initiative, Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2016 Annual Homeless Assessment Report. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2022)

This graph originally appeared in Beyond the count: A deep dive into state prison populations.

The underlying data for this graphic can be found in the report’s appendix tables.

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