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12,643$

67%

STATE PRISON POPULATION

56%

FEDERALPRISON POPULATION

LOCAL JAIL POPULATION

69%

DID NOT COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL

INCARCERATEDHIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS

1to

INCARCERATEDCOLLEGE GRADUATES

AGES 16-24

63

1 10in

1 4in

young males

young black males

3.5x 8x

ARE IN JAIL OR JUVENILE DETENTION AT ANY POINT IN TIME

MORE LIKELYTO BE ARRESTED

MORE LIKELYTO BE INCARCERATED

DROPOUTS vs. GRADUATESHIGH SCHOOL

cost to

EDUCATE

cost to

INCARCERATE

28,323$

state average

federal average

10%INCREASE

IN GRADUATION RATES

20%DECREASE

IN MURDERAND ASSAULT RATES=

IMPACT OF A IN MALE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE:

INCREASE10%

MOTORVEHICLE THEFT

DOWN13%

ARSON

DOWN8%

MURDERS 3,000

AGGRAVATEDASSAULTS

175,000

10% INCREASE IN GRADUATION RATES

WOULD PREVENT

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1 - Bureau of Justice Statistics (as reported by Alliance for Excellent Education)2 - “The Consequences of Dropping Out of High School,” Northeastern University3 - Building Better Programs for Disconnected Youth, MDRC4 - “School or the Streets: Crime and America’s Dropout Crisis,” a report from Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a nonprofit anti-crime organization comprised of more than 3,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders5 - Alliance for Excellent Education6 - “Fight Crime: Invest in Kids” report as reported by School Library Journal7 - “Fight Crime: Invest in Kids” report (data from University of California at Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti and Canadian economist Lance Lochner)8 - Alliance for Excellent Education (data from University of California at Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti and Canadian economist Lance Lochner)

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