Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Jails often hold innocent people in the same location as violent offenders.
2. The number of adult males in jail from 1990 to 2006 almost tripled.
3. Black, non-Hispanic inmates outnumber White, non-Hispanic inmates by two to one.
4. Black, non-Hispanics are only three times as likely to be incarcerated in American jails as White, non-Hispanics.


1. True
2. False
3. False
4. False

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