QUESTION: American Indian incarceration rates

question / pregunta: 

What are the rates of incarceration for American Indians compared to Whites? or, What is the chance that as an American Indian you will be incarcerated in your lifetime? (Need source as well. The information I'm finding on the internet is mostly unsourced or refers to a mother jones article that I can't find.)

Statistics

Here is a Survey of Jails in Indian Country published each year by The Bureau of Justice Statistics the Latest data available is 2010 here
there are Jail population statistics here The Mother Jones article you are refering to may be this one

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