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Years of life lost to prison: racial and gender gradients in the United States of America

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The United States has the highest rate of imprisonment of any country in the world. African Americans and Hispanics comprise a disproportionately large share of the prison population. We applied a "prison life expectancy" t...

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Main Authors:	Druyts Eric F (Author), Hogg Robert S (Author), Burris Scott (Author), Drucker Ernest (Author), Strathdee Steffanie A (Author)
Format:	Book
Published:	BMC, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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