Mass Incarceration: Data & Statistics

A note on Mass Incarceration:

The United States has a major incarceration program. Although the United States has just 5 percent of the world’s population, it has 25 percent of the world’s prison population. People of color are disproportionately affected by mass incarceration and correctional supervision (which includes people who are incarcerated in prison or jail or are on probation or parole). There is a long history of discrimination in the criminal justice system, which can be clearly seen today.

--From the book "People of Color in the United States"
(linked & cited below)

Organizations & websites to locate current statistics

Washington State

Image source: Screenshot of the interactive map tool from Prison Policy Initiative linked above.

Source citation: Franke, Nancy D., and Ram A. Cnaan. "Mass Incarceration and People of Color." People of Color in the United States: Contemporary Issues in Education, Work, Communities, Health, and Immigration, edited by Kofi Lomotey, vol. 2: Employment, Housing, Family, and Community, Greenwood, 2016, pp. 221-228. Gale eBooks, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.greenriver.edu/apps/doc/CX6092400108/GVRL?u=aubu98092&sid=GVRL&xid=2b3b6316. Accessed 18 Aug. 2020.

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