evidence: Data from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) shows that an overwhelming majority of prisoners were either white or Black. The share of the latter fell by 3.5 percent compared to 2011, with Hispanic, Native American or Alaska Native and Asian inmate shares rising by between 0.1 and 1.3 percent. However, around 11 percent of inmates also fell into the category of Other, a broad grouping encompassing everyone that belongs to any race or comes from any background not broken out by the statisticians at the BJS or that claims a mixed ancestry.