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Community Indicators Database
Incarceration: Race and Gender

Table 1. Characteristics of Inmates at Intake to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Prisons, 2008*

Characteristic	Percent
Male	87.9%
Female	12.1%
Unemployed	39.1%
Not a High School Graduate or GED	41.5%
Indication of Physical Abuse as a Child or Adolescent	9.2%
Indication of Sexual Abuse as a Child or Adolescent	9.7%
History of Mental Health Problems	29.6%
History of Recent Drug Abuse	75.5%
History of Recent Alcohol Abuse	44.4%
Juvenile Record	46.3%

*281 commitments in intake sample

Chart 1. Commitments to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction by Race, 2010

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