Jul
27
2010
A useful resource for anti-prison activist data geeks: state corrections statistics
I am unabashedly obsessed with data and in particular with data visualization. While other kids were reading the Babysitters’ Club book series, I was reading the Atlas of the World. I was fascinated by maps and by numbers. I never grew out of that.
I hope that other data geeks (who have much better design skills than I do) will gravitate towards an interest in abolishing prisons. We need better tools to help the general public visualize and conceptualize the massive scale and impact of the prison industrial complex.
In the meantime, the National Institute of Corrections has a handy tool to help anyone find state corrections statistics.
Uncategorized | prison culture | 27 July 2010 |
