Southern states comprise 9 of the top 10 incarcerating states. Lousiana, Georgia, and Tennessee top the list.
This is linked to a legacy of discrimination. Take a look at disparities in Catahoula Parish, Lousisiana and surrounding.
Why are women's incarceration rates so high in one Kansas town?
Chase County is one of the places ICE imprisons undocumented individuals when they are detained which includes women and children.
In 2014, African Americans constituted 2.3 million, or 34%, of the total 6.8 million correctional population. (NAACP)
African Americans are incarcerated at more than 5 times the rate of whites.