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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. About a quarter of Stateinmates had taken basic Education orhigh school level courses, and almost a third, vocational training. Data for this report were taken from theSurvey of Inmates in State and FederalCorrectional Facilities, 1997 and 1991,the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails,1996 and 1989, and the Survey ofAdults on Probation, 1995, sponsoredby the Bureau of Justice Statistics(BJS), the Current Population Survey,1997, sponsored by the Bureau of!
edge expected of high school gradu-ates. Employers and educational insti-tutions usually accept the GED as the equivalent of a high school diploma. For a quarter of State prison inmates, a fifth of Federal inmates, a seventh of jail inmates, and a tenth of proba-tioners, as for about 4% of the general population,* passing the GED testing
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