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Prison and Jail Population, by Most Serious Offense
From the Bureau of Justice Statistics Prisoners in 2019 data (tables 14 & 15) [UPDATE: link added], aggregating state and federal prisoners:
| Violent | 50.83% |
| Property | 14.99% |
| Drug possession | 3.35% |
| Drug other | 14.63% |
| Weapons | 6.29% |
| DUI | 1.54% |
| Other | 8.36% |
