Incarceration Trends in

Minnesota

Incarceration in Local Jails and State Prisons

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Key Facts

In Minnesota, Black people constituted 6% of state residents, but 34% of people in prison.

In Minnesota's prisons, Native American people were incarcerated at 14.3 times the rate of white people.

The number of women in Minnesota’s jails has increased more than 19-fold, from 45 in 1970 to 881 in 2015.

Total Number of People in County Jails and State Prisons, 2015

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