Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Jails were at or above 100% capacity during the 1980s and 1990s.
2. From 1990 to 2006, the number of adult males in jail 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.
5. Women comprise about 14% of all jail inmates.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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