Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System 1998

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Table 7.3 Prison population by ethnic origin for females of all nationalities
Ethnic Origin 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Total population 1,580 1,804 1,998 2,305 2,672
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
White % 73.8 75.6 75.6 75.9 75.3
Black % 20.2 20.1 19.5 19.4 19.6
African 6.1 6.0 5.5 4.4 4.1
Caribbean 8.5 8.9 9.6 8.2 9.5
Other 5.7 5.3 4.5 6.9 6.0
Asian % 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.1 0.9
Bangladeshi 0.1 0.1 0.1 .. ..
Indian 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.5
Pakistani 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4
Chinese & other % 4.6 2.8 3.6 3.6 4.2
Chinese 0.1 0.2 0.2 .. 0.1
Other Asian 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.6
Other 4.2 2.2 2.9 2.7 3.5
Not known % 0.0 0.1 .. .. ..
.. Less than 0.1%
Table 7.4 Prison population by ethnic origin for females of British nationality
Ethnic Origin 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Total population 1,277 1,489 1,662 1,975 2,276
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
White % 85.5 86.0 86.1 84.1 84.3
Black % 11.1 11.7 11.0 13.1 12.9
African 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0
Caribbean 5.3 6.1 6.3 5.7 6.1
Other 4.8 4.6 4.5 6.3 5.8
Asian % 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5
Bangladeshi 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indian 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3
Pakistani 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2
Chinese & other % 2.7 1.4 2.0 2.1 2.3
Chinese 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Other Asian 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6
Other 0.6 1.0 1.7 1.6 1.7
Not known % 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
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