10.23.2006

And You Thought AE Was Bad

According to the 2000 census (which counts incarcerated individuals as residents of the county in which they are imprisoned), Wise County had 600 black residents of which 308 are behind bars. Good thing Baylor's stadium isn't in the county! (Source) Edit: The fact that Bridgeport has a couple of TDC prison/half-way houses certainly skews the numbers.