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2021-03-14 23:19:30 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The 70% has been widely repeated by seemingly credible sources, but no attempt to verify it has succeeded and the US foster system isn't big enough to make up this much of the incarcerated population. 9%-18% seems more realistic based on recent studies. https://www.datanetwork.org/news/to-what-degree-do-the-criminal-justice-and-child-welfare-populations-in-california-overlap/

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• The 70% has been widely repeated by seemingly credible sources, but no attempt to verify it has succeeded and the US foster system isn't big enough to make up this much of the incarcerated population. 9%-18% seems more realistic based on recent studies. https://www.datanetwork.org/news/to-what-degree-do-the-criminal-justice-and-child-welfare-populations-in-california-overlap/