cbarrettg
cbarrettg OP t1_jebmmi2 wrote
Reply to comment by LouSanous in [OC] The United States Prison Crisis by cbarrettg
The colors are not arbitrary, each map has 6 color groups that contain an equal range of values. For the global map, the rates are 0-629 so the color group changes whenever the rate goes up by ~104 inmates per 100,000. That is just where the two countries happen to fall in the dataset.
cbarrettg OP t1_jebgmsh wrote
Reply to comment by Semple-Y in [OC] The United States Prison Crisis by cbarrettg
The dataset used to compare the United States to other countries is a few years older than the dataset used for comparing the states to each other, which is something I didn't notice before, good catch!
cbarrettg OP t1_jeb89lp wrote
Reply to comment by JPAnalyst in [OC] The United States Prison Crisis by cbarrettg
Thank you!!
cbarrettg OP t1_jeb6cxi wrote
Reply to [OC] The United States Prison Crisis by cbarrettg
Sources: https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/ , https://www.sentencingproject.org/ , https://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison_population_rate?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All
Tools: Tableau, Adobe Illustrator
[OC] The United States Prison CrisisSubmitted by cbarrettg t3_126w7ld in dataisbeautiful
cbarrettg OP t1_jebo7br wrote
Reply to comment by LouSanous in [OC] The United States Prison Crisis by cbarrettg
The data has changed slightly since I made this poster last year, apologies for any confusion, I was not trying to be misleading.