Graph showing the incarceration rate for men in Louisiana state prisons. In 1978, there were 358 men incarcerated per 100,000 men in Louisiana. By 2015, the men's incarceration rate in Louisiana was 1502 per 100,000 men in Louisiana.

(Graph: Wendy Sawyer, January 2018)

thumbnail for The Gender Divide report This graph is a part of the Prison Policy Initiative report, The Gender Divide: Tracking women's state prison growth.

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