The link is to a document created by The Sentencing Project with the source being the Bureau of Justice Statistics. It contains statistics relating to the state and federal prison system about who is incarcerated, what are the ethnicity percentages and other facts that we found interesting.
These are the types of statistics that are commonly used as the fulcrum for changing sentencing laws in Congress.
These are the types of statistics that are commonly used as the fulcrum for changing sentencing laws in Congress.
http://www.inmateaid.com/content/FactAboutPrisons_Jan2012 - Sentencing Project.pdf