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27 wrz 2023 · Every state incarcerates Black residents in its state prisons at a higher rate than white residents. For comparisons to other race/ethnicity categories, see individual state profile pages. Readers can also use this new and comprehensive dataset to see, for example, how states handle women’s incarceration very differently:
8 wrz 2024 · Recidivism data shows that Black people disproportionately return to prison after being released. (Credit: Data courtesy of the Bureau of Justice Statistics via Prison Policy Initiative)
Bar chart showing that compared to the total state population, Black people are overrepresented in the incarcerated population, while white, Hispanic, and Asian people are underrepresented.
Bar charts showing that in Virginia prisons and jails, incarceration rates are highest for Black residents.
13 paź 2021 · In 12 states, more than half the prison population is Black: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
• Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at nearly 5 times the rate of white Americans. • Nationally, one in 81 Black adults in the U.S. is serving time in state prison. Wisconsin leads the nation in Black imprisonment rates; one of every 36 Black Wisconsinites is in prison. • In 12 states, more than half the prison population
