Visualizations
It is no secret to regular readers of this blog that I LOVE data visualization (charts, maps, infographics). I often feature the ones that I come across here. I know that others are also interested in this so I have decided to create a space on the blog where I can list those resources.
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Infographic: Aging in Prison (Colorlines)
Infographic: Aging Behind Bars
Infographic: California's Juvenile Inmates
Chart: Change in Violent & Property Crime and Inmate & Total Population, 1960-2008
Chicago Youth Justice Data Project
Infographic: Chicago's School to Prison Pipeline
Infographic: The Cold Hard Facts about Incarceration
Chart: Corrections Expenditures by Type of Government, 1982-2008
Correctional Statistics for the U.S. by State – National Institute of Corrections
Infographic: Costs of Incarceration and Execution
Infographic: The Costs of Talking to a Loved One Behind Bars
Death Penalty in the US – Mapped
Chart: Drug Arrests by Age, 1970-2007
Infographic: The Economics of the Drug Trade & War on Drugs
Infographic: Education vs. Incarceration
Chart: Estimated Imprisonment Rate, by Race 1926 vs. 1986
Video: Explaining Prison Expansion in Less Than 3 Minutes
Video: Facts about the War on Drugs
Infographic: The Failed War on Drugs (40th Birthday Numbers)
Infographic: The High Costs of Arresting D.C. Youth
Infographic: The High Cost of Corrections in America
Infographic: Incarceration Nation
Justice Atlas of Sentencing & Corrections
Infographic: Juvenile Life Without Parole
Chart: Juveniles Sentenced to Life Without Parole (NY Times)
Video: The Military Industrial Complex (Costs)
Map: Prison Boom — New York Times
Interactive Map: State by State Prison and Jail Statistics (The Sentencing Project)
Chart: Prison & Jail Inmates Numbers & Rate per 100,000 (1880-2008)
Infographic: The Prison Industrial Complex
Proliferation: A Visual Representation of Prison Expansion Set to Music
Chart: Rate vs Number of Prisoners Under State Jurisdiction by Race, 2000 & 2009
Infographic: The Recession and America’s Prisons
Chart: Rising Numbers of Children with Incarcerated Parents
Running the Numbers by Chris Jordan
Chart: Ten States with Highest Female Prisoner Population, 2009
Ten States with Highest Juvenile Correctional Populations, 2009
Infographic: The Truth about the War on Drugs
Chart: Top Black Imprisonment Rates
Chart: Top 10 Countries with Highest Incarceration Rates (2006-2009)
Chart: Top 10 States with Prisoners Over 55 years old
Infographic: U.S. Incarceration Rates by Race and Sex (2008)
Visual Image of Prison Expansion 1900-2000