The Real Cost Of Prisons

How much does it cost your state to lock up criminals? Who is being held behind bars in each state? An interactive atlas makes innovative use of technology to answer these questions?

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July 12, 2001, 5:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


"Called "Debt to Society ," the Motherjones.com project uses interactive maps and graphs to assess what the United States' obsession with locking people up has cost each state since 1980....But the centerpiece of the project is the interactive atlas and its underlying charts and graphs. This combination of features allows users to dig deep into the numbers in their own state or just get a quick view of the big picture. It's a powerful example of something the Web can do that ordinary newsprint can't touch."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Wednesday, July 11, 2001 in Wired

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