Prison Populations In 2000, local jails and state and federal prisons contained nearly 2

Chapter 3, Problem 66

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Prison Populations In 2000, local jails and state and federal prisons contained nearly 2 million people, as follows: 613,534 prisoners were in local jails, of which 11.5% were female; 1,236,476 prisoners were in state prisons, of which 93.4% were male; and 145,416 were in federal prisons, of which 7.0% were female. (a) Express this information using a matrix. Label the rows MALE and FEMALE and the columns LOCAL, STATE, FED. (b) Refer to 65. Find the difference of the matrix obtained in and the one found in part (a) above. (c) Interpret the entries in the matrix found above in part (b). (d) Calculate the percent increase in prison population for each category discussed and write this as a matrix. Source: United States Department of Justice, 2001

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