I do think it's a bit misleading for you to say "all in the south" when that map stretches all the way to the Canadian border, but I digress... One anecdote,

I do think it's a bit misleading for you to say "all in the south" when that map stretches all the way to the Canadian border, but I digress... One anecdote, not that it paints much of a picture, is that I have a much younger cousin in Catholic school right now (in one of the states on that map) and, from what I hear, it sounds like corporal punishment is completely off the table.