1. County Comparisons

2. Males in prison per 100,000 population in April 2000, Wisconsin Counties with More than 1000 Non-Prisoner Blacks
# counties with < 1000 American Indians
Graphic calculated using 1999 population estimates

3. Females in Prison per 100,000 population in April, 2000,Wisconsin Counties with More than 1000 Non-Prisoner Blacks
# counties with < 1000 American Indians
Graphic calculated using 1999 population estimates

4. Total Prison Admissions Per 100,000 in 1999

5. Compare Counties Whites New Sentences
For whites, Kenosha leads the way by a large margin, followed by Racine. Milwaukee is the pink, it is rising. The state average, the red, rose in the mid 1990s and then fell. The green is the “Wisconsin balance” outside the six counties. Down at the bottom are Dane County, yellow (which has falling white imprisonment rates) and Waukesha purple, modestly rising rates.

6. Compare counties black, new sentences thick
Black new sentences. The purple is Waukesha, then Kenosha, then Dane. Notice that Milwaukee is lower than the state average. The green line is the Wisconsin balance, outside these counties: it is rising substantially for blacks.

7. Compare Counties, New Sentences B/w ratio
These are the black/white disparities. Notice that Kenosha moves to the bottom along with Milwaukee & Racine: it is high for both blacks & whites. The racial disparity winners are Waukesha & Dane counties. Note that the Wisconsin total disparity rose from about 18 in 1990 to 22 in The Wisconsin Balance grew from about 15 in 1990 to 36 in 1999.l

8. Compare counties, whites violations
These are violators only, whites rising substantially throughout the decade in all counties, Kenosha & Rock lead the way, followed by Racine. Milwaukee has had a substantial rise.

9. Compare Counties, Blacks Violations
Black violator admissions rising more quickly than white, across all counties. Again, Milwaukee is at the bottom.

10. Compare Counties, Violations B/W ratio
These are the racial disparities in admissions for probation/parole violations. State total rising from about 13 to 21. Wisconsin balance rising from about 14 to 33. Dane County started at 30, almost reached 50 in 1996, declining back to 40. Waukesha off the charts.

11. Milwaukee New Totals
Black
Hispanic
white
AmerInd
Asian

12. Milwaukee New Black Drugs Violent Robbery & Burglary Theft Other
Milwaukee County also shows a rise in new imprisonments for drug offenses, while violent crimes & robbery/burglary declined substantially.
Theft
Other

13. Milwaukee New White Violent Drugs Robbery & Burglary Other Theft
White imprisonments in Milwaukee showed upward trend from the less serious offenses: these are new sentences only – more whites are going to prison for theft & “other,” while drug sentences are declining somewhat.
Robbery & Burglary
Other
Theft

14. Dane New Totals All Races
Black
AmerInd
Hispanic
white
Asian

15. Dane New Black Drugs Violent Theft Robbery & Burglary Other
What was happening in Dane County? Here are new imprisonment rates for blacks, by offense group. You can see that all the action is in the drug offenses. What happened between 1991 & 1992? Answer, a $1.5 million grant to the Madison police to do drug enforcement.
Robbery & Burglary
Other

16. Dane New White Violent Drugs Robbery & Burglary Theft Other
Whites show no such rise. The drug offenses stay low.

17. Racine Totals New Sentences

18. Racine New Black

19. Racine New White

20. Kenosha new totals
Black
AmerInd
Hispanic
white
Asian

21. Kenosha New Black

22. Kenosha New White

23. Rock New Totals

24. Rock New Black

25. Rock New White

26. Waukesha Total

27. Waukesha New Black

28. Waukesha New White

29. WI balance total
Black
Asian
AmerInd
Hispanic
white

30. WI balance new black

31. WI balance new white

32. County Drug Disparities by Time

33. Black Prison Admission Rates From Dane & Milwaukee Counties 1998-2000 (annualized), new sentences
Notice that the big differences are in 1) Intent to deliver drugs especially (also a big ratio for drug possession; less so for manufacture/deliver. 2) Theft/fraud. 3) Public order. 4) Armed robbery and burglary. 5) Among violent crimes, homicide is higher in Milwaukee, all assault types higher in Madison, especially “other” assault.

34. White Prison Admission Rates, Dane & Milwaukee Counties 1998-2000 (annualized), new sentences only
By contrast, for whites, Milwaukee has higher imprisonment rates, especially for the drug offenses. Also for “other assaults,” other robbery, and public order offenses.