{"id":2551,"date":"2014-09-18T16:55:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T20:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2014-10-02T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T12:56:00","slug":"bjs-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/18\/bjs-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter discussions reflect upon mass incarceration numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the Prison Policy Initiative <a href=\"\/blog\/2014\/09\/16\/bjs2013\/\">released a briefing<\/a> on the Bureau of Justice Statistics&#8217; national update for 2013, <i>Prisoners in 2013<\/i>. PPI&#8217;s briefing highlighted continuing racial disparities within the prison system and record high prison populations in 14 U.S. states. It also showed that, after three years of decline, the total prison population has increased and disproved any relationship between state crime rates and incarceration rates. After posting some of these highlights on Twitter, we received a variety of excited responses and more twitter traffic than we&#8217;ve seen <a href=\"\/blog\/2014\/06\/27\/thinking-globally-goes-viral\/\">since June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>New BJS figures show that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/massincarceration?src=hash\">#massincarceration<\/a> is getting bigger. PPI Analysis: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/RHXBde8VPV\">http:\/\/t.co\/RHXBde8VPV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Prison Policy Init. (@PrisonPolicy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPolicy\/status\/511884375651520512\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here is what a few users had to say:<\/p>\n<p>Liam Johnston succintly tweets:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Prison admissions up &amp; releases down in 2013 means US prison population grew for 1st time in 3 yrs. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/7P2aOvtuHM\">http:\/\/t.co\/7P2aOvtuHM<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPolicy\">@PrisonPolicy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Liam Johnston (@liamdnoit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liamdnoit\/status\/511922879467102208\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>PPI supporter and board member Heather Ann Thompson:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Prison Policy Initiative&#39;s just-breaking report makes clear: despite the recent hype, we are NOT decarcerating! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HpV8GNPh0C\">http:\/\/t.co\/HpV8GNPh0C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Heather Ann Thompson (@hthompsn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hthompsn\/status\/511986658720616448\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Southern Poverty Law Center called our briefing a must read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Must read analysis from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPolicy\">@PrisonPolicy<\/a> on new prison data <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2hxmnHOPQY\">http:\/\/t.co\/2hxmnHOPQY<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/nBME1C73fk\">pic.twitter.com\/nBME1C73fk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SPLC (@splcenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/splcenter\/status\/511913351669374976\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Organizer with Milk Not Jails, Brenden Beck, also noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>After three years of declines, the number of people incarcerated ticked up this year. Mass incarceration persists. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/IMEtiXWnM1\">http:\/\/t.co\/IMEtiXWnM1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brenden Beck (@BrendenBeck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrendenBeck\/status\/511895808657350657\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A lot of people pulled out their favorite findings from our briefing, including the racial disparity facts:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>3% of Black males of all ages are currently incarcerated in state or federal prisons. 6X higher than white males <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/CKBvQPxi1e\">http:\/\/t.co\/CKBvQPxi1e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carol Fenton (@cfpdx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfpdx\/status\/511898473223168000\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Racial disparities constitute the defining characteristic of our prison system. &#10;&#10;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/massincarceration?src=hash\">#massincarceration<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/newjimcrow?src=hash\">#newjimcrow<\/a>&#10;&#10;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/5vsYI6PsvO\">http:\/\/t.co\/5vsYI6PsvO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edwards Mason Law (@EdwardsMasonLaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdwardsMasonLaw\/status\/511901665029804034\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After learning that 14 individual U.S. states set record high prison populations this past year, many twitter followers also commented on how these individual states\u2013 as well as the U.S. as a whole \u2013measure in comparison to other countries. Some commentators revisited statistics that the Prison Policy Initiative published last year, <a href=\"\/global\">States of Incarceration: The Global Context<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Orleans Public Defender tweets: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Worth revisiting.. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLensNOLA\">@TheLensNOLA<\/a>: La incarcerates more people than any other state (or country) <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/OUHDnZ3Hyl\">http:\/\/t.co\/OUHDnZ3Hyl<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9Kh7iR0Vqb\">pic.twitter.com\/9Kh7iR0Vqb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Orleans Pub Defender (@OrleansDefender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrleansDefender\/status\/511979798361812992\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>State-level criminal justice policies = steadfast ranking of U.S. as world&#39;s &quot;top incarcerator.&quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ESKu9NlZVn\">http:\/\/t.co\/ESKu9NlZVn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPolicy\">@PrisonPolicy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NMPol?src=hash\">#NMPol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Margaret Wright (@RaggedButWright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaggedButWright\/status\/511987635188146176\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sifill_LDF\">@Sifill_LDF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/splcenter\">@splcenter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aldotcom\">@aldotcom<\/a> Alabama incarcerates black people at 3x rate of white people (535\/1788 per 100,000). <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/YNwBMIx0kz\">http:\/\/t.co\/YNwBMIx0kz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brooks Ames (@BrooksAmes1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrooksAmes1\/status\/512639982758948864\">September 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Once again, state w\/ nation&#39;s biggest imprisonment rate by far is Louisiana &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/wRn4gOn7eQ\">http:\/\/t.co\/wRn4gOn7eQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Gramlich (@johngramlich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johngramlich\/status\/511893584787013632\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Just keep scrolling. World incarceration rates if every U.S. state were a country <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/YDkbWE9ScR\">http:\/\/t.co\/YDkbWE9ScR<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPolicy\">@PrisonPolicy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshbegley\">@JoshBegley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Russell Ramsey (@RamseyIV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RamseyIV\/status\/511958333041803264\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>If California were a country, it would imprison a greater proportion of its people than any other (except the U.S.): <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/NGvVVqkBX9\">http:\/\/t.co\/NGvVVqkBX9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Yerardi (@JoeYerardi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeYerardi\/status\/511961942265569280\">September 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Feel left out on all the action? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPolicy\">Follow us on Twitter.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our briefing on the new Bureau of Justice Statistics numbers spark discussion on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[16],"class_list":["post-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}