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Pie chart showing the number of youths confined in adult prisons and jails, Indian country facilities, and eight types of juvenile facilities, broken down by offense type.

Data Source: See report methodology for source information. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2019)

This graph originally appeared in Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2019.

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