These data depict the status and conditions of mass incarceration in the United States. Each plot is described below:
Plot 1: This graph depicts the hourly wages offered in each state in 2017 for incarcerated people who are assigned to work in regular prison jobs and in state-owned businesses. The full brief can be found here.
Plot 2: This line graph displays the rates of incarceration per 100,000 people over time within federal prisons, state prisons, and local jails. Data from local jails became available starting in 1983.
Plot 3: This animated map uses darkening colors to showcase the increasing rates of incarceration in state prisons over time in each state.
