The total prison and jail population in the united states

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The total prison and jail population in the united states equals approximately ________ people, which is one out of every 135 americans.

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The correct is 2,300,000 people.

2,300,000 or 2 million, three hundred thousand is the total prison and jail population in the United States. Statistics from 2017 reveal that out of the 2,300,000 people in jails and prisons, 1/5th are incarcerated for drug related offenses. The racial background of the total number of prisoners are: 64% White, 13% Black, 16% Latino and 0.9% Native. 

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