Number of black men in federal, state and local prisons in 1999
Stat: In 1999 there were 757,000 black men in federal, state and local prisons (there were 25 percent more black men in prison in the United States than were enrolled in institutions of higher education)
Stat Categories: African-American Stats
Tags: African American African American,Black African American,Black,Negro
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Stat Source: American Council on Education 
Publisher (site that mentioned this stat): SP Times
Submitted By: Michael Raeford
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