The Hispanic population has doubled since 1990 and in the last 10 years has become the only race that has also seen growth in prison inmates, a break from the trend in shrinking black and white prisoners, according to two new reports on Latin immigrants.

The Justice Department reported that of the three races it counts, there were 336,500 Hispanics in federal prisons in 2017, a 2% increase in 10 years.

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