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to answer the question, the next great chart to change the world will surely be a Tinder Sankey

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(Turned 90 degrees) this would be a cool haircut

Excellent, but should have included the survivorship bias chart of returning planes and their bullet holes.

Land of the free and home of the brave.

Probably because it's relative to the population of the state & the black population is higher in the south compared to other places.

If we are the banks, no. The government will bail us out every single time no questions asked. If we are human people, yes. Because fuck us.

I'm really sorry to hear that and I hope your family has recovered and everyone is doing well. Rapists/Murderers/Pedos are definitely not good and should be put away for a long time

Clever to use federal prisons for the offense breakdown.

70,000 people in federal prison for drug crimes looks like it's the driver of incarceration generally.

But there are 158,000 people sitting in state prisons for murder. 163,000 for sexual assault, 132,000 for robbery, 146,000 for assault, 80,000 for burglary.

That doesn't make a graph that makes drugs look like the driver though. Gotta exclude state prisons if you want to present it that way.

I had no idea that data visualization was such a new concept.

Did you de-dupe the offenses? and how? people can be convicted of several offenses of different categories.

I'm sure your insulting and demeaning comment helps bring them into the fold quite well. I know being called a moron always encourages me to appreciate and respect the opinions of those that called me one. Doing great work for all of us.

I believe if people want to they will, but addiction is a major problem. 75% of people reoffend but if you put them in the same place where they came from, they have no chance. Drug users are gonna use, gang bangers are gonna Bang. It is what it is. I believe in personal responsibility, Decriminalize all drugs, But criminalize those who do bad things to get those drugs. Europe and Vancouver, Let's addicts trade in there needles but they have to be accountable. Here in the States we just give them the needles But don't let them be accountable. We just ease them into death. My homeless brother just passed away last January alone in his Van. He had a blood alcohol level of 4.5. I miss him very much.

I wouldn't be surprised if this has to do with how poverty is more widespread across both black and white populations in those states. There is some correlation between poverty and crime. I'm not saying that wealthy people don't commit crimes, but often by the nature of their crimes, selective crime enforcement, and well-paid lawyers, they are less likely to be convicted or given long prison sentences.

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Look what happens to Portland when they tried to reduce imprisonment.

Hmm, I’m not sure that fully explains the difference between the state level data and the national view. The nation was 629 “a few years earlier”, yet somehow the state average is around half of that. Did the country really reduce their total inmate population by ~50% in a few years?

Assuming the other country data remained the same over that same time span then the US would now be ranked ~20th globally rather than 1st. That seems like way too big of a difference to just be caused by a few years difference in the data.

As others have mentioned, is the state data ignoring federal prisons? Could they be defining populations in different ways? It’s tough connecting the two datasets without fully understanding why they are so different.

Portland is what happens when you think the prison system is rigged, and many people are in prison should not be there.

Reducing imprisonment did not reduce crime in Democrat city that it was tried, it actually made it worse.

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Are you saying you believe 6% of the population are incapable of rehabilitation?

By design: Modern day slavery and criminalization of the poor

I think we should be worried about bank failures because the impact can cost the government greatly and can ultimately make life a lot more difficult for the little people.

I pulled the majority of my money of my bank when SVB crashed. I might not have needed to, but it feels better to be prepared.

Could there also be a disparity due to federal prisons? Or were they counted towards the state they reside in?