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By Zachary Franz
Great Falls, Montana (AP)
Montana’s Department of Corrections is striving to work more effectively with its largest minority, Native Americans.
Indians make up about 7 percent of the state’s population, but represent a much larger chunk of the prison population. Among men, 19.5 percent of inmates are Native American. At the women’s prison, Indians made up just more than 27 percent of the inmate population in 2008.
Great Falls, Montana (AP)
Montana’s Department of Corrections is striving to work more effectively with its largest minority, Native Americans.
Indians make up about 7 percent of the state’s population, but represent a much larger chunk of the prison population. Among men, 19.5 percent of inmates are Native American. At the women’s prison, Indians made up just more than 27 percent of the inmate population in 2008.
