Submitted by cbarrettg t3_126w7ld in dataisbeautiful
DevinCauley-Towns t1_jecz4o6 wrote
Reply to comment by anonkitty2 in [OC] The United States Prison Crisis by cbarrettg
Right, but no where on this infographic does it mention the federal inmates are ignored from the state statistics. The state graphic simply says “inmates”, it doesn’t specify that it is only a subset of inmates physically housed within each state. You can easily look up the number of federal inmates located within each state or even facility, so it isn’t impossible to find the information. OP didn’t even seem to realize the datasets were that different, so that’s likely why it wasn’t called out in the graphic (and also why it should’ve been, since it’s not clear at all).
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