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According to the Prison Policy Initiative's analysis, 38,000 citizens of South Carolina are locked up in some kind of facility.
![38,000 South Carolina residents are locked up. How many South Carolina residents are locked up and where?](https://www.aclusc.org/sites/default/files/styles/content_area_full_width/public/wysiwyg/sc_incarceration_2018.png?itok=ZGHZHOoJ)
Additionally, rates of incarceration not only surpass that of the United States as a whole, but far surpass 11 other developed nations.
![SC incarceration rates compared to the US and 11 developed nations. SC incarceration rates exceed the US as a whole, as well as 11 other developed nations.](https://www.aclusc.org/sites/default/files/styles/content_area_full_width/public/wysiwyg/nato_sc_2018.png?itok=IIyUFdQ1)
It's not surprising, as well, that minority populations are overrepresented in our prisons and jails, while white South Carolinians are underrepresented.
![Racial representation in prisons & jails in SC Racial disparities show whites are underrepresented while racial minorities are over-represented in prisons & jails.](https://www.aclusc.org/sites/default/files/styles/content_area_full_width/public/wysiwyg/sc_racial_disparities_2010.png?itok=6HvoHOxd)
For more graphics, details and links to the analysis of this reporting, head over to the Prison Policy Initiatives page on South Carolina's prison profile: Prison Policy Initiative