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A lot of federal sentences for drug offenses are trafficking charges, especially for cocaine, heroin and fentanyl

Thanks, I used the ggplot2 package in R.

Incredible graph. What did you use to make it?

In a capitalist democracy where democracy has been subverted by lobbyists and wealth to rewrite laws, encoding imbalance into the system that has allowed said wealth to form in the first place without the society destroying itself… everything is for sale. There’s money to be made so in America they throw peoples lives away in prison for pot. Because it makes tons of money especially for private prison owners. So many corrupt fingers in the pot, a booming industry. Lots of payroll to keep up.

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Do you want violent gang members to live next door to you? What about sex offenders and murderers?

Just wanted to say great chart! Love the data and graphic.

The OP is calculating a ratio of the two rates. The rates already normalize for population sizes. 1.2% of black population vs. 0.1% of the white population gives a ratio of 12x. One thing to note: this data does not seem to include federal incarceration statistics for the state comparison maps.

It's different. The crimes are different.

Is there a list of for profit prisons in the US? Those prisons need to be highlighted.

It would be really interesting to see the demographics in state prisons that include conviction crime types. We know gang crimes and convictions are much higher in some states.

Exactly. Many people don't realize there is a difference and that difference is huge.

Which prisons are for profit? It would help give context as this data is for Federal Prisons, not state prisons. Is there a grid for the for profit prisons?

Not all prices prisons. This data is about Federal Prisons, not state prisons. State prisons are not private or for profit.

I designed it using 3 geom_segments lines, but you could also use 1 geom_line. You just have to set up your data strategically.

I love the reverse line. Cool visual. Is that a native plot or did you design it?

People with money have moved to Maine in droves during the pandemic. The problem being for the native Mainers is that we are a pretty poor state and good jobs aren’t plentiful. It has caused a housing crisis. People will jump on me and say that we should go back to school, get better jobs, better ourselves, etc. We’ve heard it all. But it’s not an opinion, it’s a fact that this has had a big impact on the poor and middle class Mainers.

This is an important study. Thanks for sharing

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They obviously know that.

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The black to white ratio is interesting. Vermont is one of the highest yet has one of the smallest populations of black people. Is there a better way to illustrate this info?

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).