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National African American Drug Policy Coalition  

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  • The United States has one the largest correctional populations in the industrialized world. Additionally, African Americans are approximately 6 times more likely to be incarcerated than are Whites, while Latinos are more than twice as likely to be incarcerated than Whites. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; National African American Drug Policy Coalition]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-F4PVP5L7-T

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