8.13. Who Goes to Prison? 
DAVID CARTER 
The types of people that end up in prison are quite different than individuals that go to jail. Almost all people 
that go to prisons in the United States are people that have been convicted of felony-level crimes and will 
be serving more than a year (or they could have multiple years on their jail sentence). To give you a more 
detailed depiction of this, see the image below. 
People Incarcerated in the U.S. 
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