The Color of Corporate Corrections

THE COLOR OF CORPORATE CORRECTIONS Which types of prisons warehouse more people of color? PRIVATE PUBLIC 89% CA 75% PRIVATE PUBLIC 1111111111 1 71% TX 1316 66% PRIVATE PUBLIC 65% AZ 1111111 60% People of color* White, non-Hispanic or Latino "Although racial design ations are always imprecise, elusive, and subject to revision, we appropriated U.S. Census Bureau racial categories for the purposes of this study to preserve nomendlatural, and therefore statistical, fidelity in our cross-referencing efforts. People of color here are defined as "Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and non -white Hispanic or Latin o." Research & graphic by Christopher Petrella and Josh Begley, 2012