Between 1992 and 2003, the number of Black inmates scoring below basic literacy declined by nearly 40 percent in the prose category, declined 47 percent in documentation and dipped 22 percent on the quantitative scale.
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There was no statistical difference between male and female inmates across all literacy levels.
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How could prisoners have a higher prose literacy than Blacks who are not in jail? Perhaps, you Diverse readers who are social scientists care to weigh in here.
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