{"id":1809,"date":"2014-05-05T12:15:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T16:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2021-03-29T16:23:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T20:23:27","slug":"pie-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/05\/pie-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie Twitter Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tIn preparation for this year’s Pi Day (3\/14), Prison Policy Initiative released the report “Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie<\/a>,” which features a graphic that answers the question “How many people are locked up in the United States?” The response has been overwhelming; to date, more than 3,300 people have liked the graphic on Facebook and more than 1,100 people around the world have tweeted about it on Twitter.<\/p>\n

The graphic is the first of its kind to compile data from multiple sources in order to give an accurate count of the current incarcerated population of the United States. As Sara Mayeux, creator of the Prison Law Blog<\/a>, tweets:<\/p>\n

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great graphic from @PrisonPolicy<\/a> breaks down in one place how many are behind bars in America, where, & why: http:\/\/t.co\/TUzgVo1DjF<\/a><\/p>\n

— sara mayeux (@saramayeux) March 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n