Mapping America's Huge Prison Theatre Population

The province of Florida likes to lock people up. In fact if yous alive inwards Florida yous convey over twice every bit much peril of existence thrown inwards jail or prison theater every bit somebody who lives inwards North Dakota. You tin double your chances ane time to a greater extent than past times existence black. Florida does similar to lock-up African Americans.

Vera's Incarceration Rates interactive map visualizes the jail too prison theater populations for every the U.S. county. The map allows yous to explore how local incarceration rates convey changed over fourth dimension past times providing information almost jail too prison theater incarceration rates for every twelvemonth since 1970.

The map provides choropleth views of incarceration rates at both province too county level. You tin explore the prison theater too jail incarceration rates for private states too counties inwards much to a greater extent than item past times selecting them on the map too and too thus clicking the 'full profile' option. After selecting a province or province yous tin persuasion the demographics of the prison theater too jail population over time. This allows yous to explore inwards to a greater extent than item the racial too sex mix of incarceration rates for the selected province or county too how this has changed over fourth dimension since 1970.