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7 million: Number of Americans in jail or on probation or parole at the end of 2005

1 in 32: Ratio of Americans in jail or on probation or parole at the end of 2005

2.2 million: Number of those who were in jail

7: Percentage of prisoners who were women

2.7: Overall increase in prison population

Source: The Associated Press

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