A map of North Carolina, with its current and proposed prisons marked by dots. The size of the dot is based on the size of the prison. Each county is colored based on what percent of its population is black.

Data Source: North Carolina Department of Corrections and U.S. Census 2000. (Map: Rose Heyer, 2003)

This map originally appeared in North Carolina prison construction.

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