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A map of New York State and its counties. Counties are colored based on the percent of their population that is in prison. The counties with highest percent of prison population are all upstate. The locations and sizes of prisons are marked.

Data Source: New York Department of Correctional Services and U.S. Census, 2000. (Map: Rose Heyer, 2003)

This map originally appeared in Impact in New York.



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