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Education and Correctional Populations
By Caroline Wolf Harlow, StatisticianAbout 41% of inmates in the Nation sState and Federal prisons and localjails in 1997 and 31% of probationershad not completed high school or itsequivalent. In comparison, 18% of thegeneral population age 18 or older hadnot finished the 12th 1991 and 1997, the percentof inmates in State prison without ahigh school diploma or GED remainedthe same 40% in 1997 and 41% in1991. Of inmates in State prisons,293,000 in 1991 and 420,600 in 1997had entered prison without a highschool diploma, a 44% 9 in 10 State prisons providededucational programs for their of State prison inmates reportedthey had participated in an educationalprogram since their most recent admis-sion to prison .
Prison inmates Table 1. Educational attainment for State and Federal prison inmates, 1997 and 1991, local jail inmates, 1996 and 1989, probationers, 1995, and the general population, 1997 *National Center for Education Statistics, National Adult Literacy Survey, 1992, "Adult Literacy in America," table 1.1, page 18.
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