A new SPLC report finds mass incarceration in Louisiana fueled by a white-dominated law enforcement system. In a recent report, Out of Balance, the SPLC looks at Louisiana's county criminal justice system leadership. The report finds a vast disparity between the state's racial demographics and the ethnicity of its sheriffs and district attorneys. Of the 64 sheriffs across the state, only four are Black. In Louisiana, almost a third of the population is Black. "Although people of color are grossly overrepresented at every point of the criminal justice system in Louisiana, white individuals hold the power to influence Black citizens' interactions with racial profiling, criminalization and incarceration," the report states. Click the #LinkInBio to learn more.