Title: Incarceration Rates By State - WorldAtlas
Headings: Incarceration Rates By State
Incarceration Rates By State
Why does the US have such a high incarceration rate?
Racial disparities persist in US prisons
Women in prison are on the rise
Incarceration Rates By State

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Racial disparities persist in US prisons
It is three times more likely that First Nations youth get held in a juvenile detention facility than caucasian youth do. While statistics like this may sound horrifying, it is not anything new that a disproportionate amount of American racial minority groups are imprisoned. This is especially true for African Americans, both historically and to this day. It has been reported that one out of every 10 African American men in their thirties is imprisoned on any given day. Although African Americans comprise just 12% of the total US population, the state and federal prison population is made up of about 33% African-American people. Compare this to Caucasian people, representing about 64% of American adults but only 30% of prisoners. However, the good news is this trend has been decreasing over the last decade: as of the end of 2017, there were about 39,400 more African-American than Caucasian prisoners, whereas in 2007 this number was a staggering 58% higher, at 93,100. Perryville State Prison inmates, Goodyear, Arizona. Image credit: