
Inmate Admissions
| TESTED LITERACY SKILL LEVELS AT ADMISSION (First Tests of Adult Basic Education [TABE] for FY 1996-97) |
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| Literacy Skill Level | White Males | White Females | Black Males | Black Females | Other Males | Other Females | Total | Percent | Cumulative Percent |
| Less than Basic Literacy (1.0-3.9) | 745 | 33 | 2,470 | 180 | 32 | 2 | 3,462 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
| Basic Literacy Skills(4.0 - 8.9) | 3,824 | 319 | 5,434 | 503 | 116 | 15 | 10,211 | 52.5 | 70.3 |
| Functional Literacy Skills (9.0 - 12.9) | 3,743 | 228 | 1,665 | 107 | 40 | 3 | 5,786 | 29.7 | 100 |
| Data Unavailable | 1,125 | 228 | 940 | 102 | 91 | 6 | 2,492 | ||
| TOTAL | 9437 | 808 | 10509 | 892 | 279 | 26 | 21951 | 100 | 100 |
| Median | 8.6 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 6 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 | ||