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[–] Hackworth@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

It shows which US states contribute more to the US incarceration rate and clearly shows that even those that contribute the least are above the majority of the nations' incarceration rates. The latter is not obvious without visualizing the data in this way.