The black population of state prisons

In Georgia, the black population is 29%, while the black prison population is 54%. In Arkansas, the black population is 16%, but they are 52% of the prison population. In Louisiana, 33% of the population is black, but they make up 76% of the prison population. In Mississippi, blacks are 36% of the general population, but 75% of the prison population. In Alabama, 26% of the state population is black, but 65% of the prison population is black. In Tennessee, African-Americans are 16% of the population, but 63% of prisoners. In Kentucky, only 7% of the population is black, but they are 36% of the prison population. In South Carolina, 30% of the population is black, but 69% of prisoners are black. In North Carolina, blacks are 22%, but they make up 64% of the prison population. In Virginia we see that 20% of the population is African-American, but the prison population is 68% African-American.