Thinking+Critically+About+Incarceration

Objectives:

 * analyze incarceration data
 * explain whether or not this data changes your perception of how just the criminal justice system is

Lesson:
1) Examine the graph shown on the board. Use the handout below to analyze the graph on the trends of state prison estimates.

2) Gallery Walk

You will be split into the five groups below. Each group will start at the Data Set they have been assigned, which has been posted to the wall.As you walk around the room examining each set of data on incareration rates, do the following:
 * mark something that is thought provoking or surprising
 * comment on the data - make sure you add your name underneath your comment

Then answer the questions in the handout below after you finish examining the data set before moving onto the next set.

Ticket to Leave:
Does any of this data change your perception of how just the criminal justice system is? Why or why not?