Individuals can live in a diverse state within an area or small town that isn't diverse.
In CA the imprisonment rate for black men is 4,236 per 100,000- ten times the imprisonment rate for white men which is 422 per 100,000. For serious felonies- because the white general population is 5 times the black population- there are roughly equal amounts of black and white prisoners. And it's possible that your prison because of its location or other factors may have had a different proportion of white to black prisoners.
Individuals can live in a diverse state within an area or small town that isn't diverse.
In CA the imprisonment rate for black men is 4,236 per 100,000- ten times the imprisonment rate for white men which is 422 per 100,000. For serious felonies- because the white general population is 5 times the black population- there are roughly equal amounts of black and white prisoners. And it's possible that your prison because of its location or other factors may have had a different proportion of white to black prisoners.