World Incarceration Rates If Every U.S. State Were A Country (No other country even makes the first page) - eviltoast
  • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I don’t get this graph. So all of US has a smaller incarceration rate than just Louisiana? What?

    • pyre@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      i have 4 boxes labeled A to D, and 10 rocks.

      i put 1 rock in A, 2 in B, 3 in C and 4 in D.

      A[⚪] B[⚪⚪] C[⚪⚪⚪] D[⚪⚪⚪⚪]

      i then paint 1 rock in B, 2 rocks in C and 1 rock in D.

      A[⚪] B[⚪🔴] C[⚪🔴🔴] D[⚪⚪⚪🔴]

      then i put the boxes in a bigger box called the united boxes.

      here’s the rate of painted rocks:

      1. C 66% (2/3)
      2. B 50% (1/2)
      3. United boxes 40% (4/10)
      4. D 25% (1/4)
      5. A 0% (0/1)