[whycombinater]

93% are men, 7% women.

Our criminal justice system is designed to incarcerate men.

edit: High five to sibling comment.

[beckman466]

your point? both statistics are valid and relevant, and aren't mutually exclusive.

weird comment. statistics aren't a game you win.

[belorn]

I think the point is that the narrative that one choose to tell is based on which statistics one chooses to look at.

I think looking at each statistics has value when viewed together, and I would add a third one to the mix. Race is somewhat a predictor for being incarcerated. Gender slightly stronger. Wealth is slightly stronger than that with a 20x time higher rate for the bottom 10% compared to the top 10%.

For countries with high rate of refugees from specific regions on the planet, religion also becomes a predictor for incarceration.