I know some people must think that infographics are being overused these days, but I'm basically on Team Infographic, and this ACLU offering on the impact of mass incarceration is a good example of why:
Keep in mind when you look at the statistic regarding the fact that half of inmates in state prisons were convicted of nonviolent offenses, that state prisons house the majority of the prison population, 1,404,053 people in 2010 according to the Pew Center on the states. Federal prisons house about two hundred thousand.
