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John,
Research on female incarceration is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration and to unraveling the policies and practices that lead to their criminalization. Today The Sentencing Project released an updated report [[link removed]] documenting over a 585% increase in women’s imprisonment in the United States between 1980 and 2022.
While more men are imprisoned than women, the rate of growth for female incarceration is twice as high as that of men since 1980. In 2022, over 975,000 women were under the supervision of the criminal legal system.
The report’s additional highlights:
*
In
2022,
the
imprisonment
rate
for
Black
women
was
1.6
times
the
rate
of
imprisonment
for
white
women.
*
Latina
women
were
imprisoned
at
1.2
times
the
rate
of
white
women.
*
The
rate
of
imprisonment
for
Black
and
Latina
women
has
declined
since
2000,
while
the
rate
of
imprisonment
for
white
women
has
increased.
*
Idaho
has
the
highest
rate
of
incarcerated
women,
while
Massachusetts
has
the
lowest.
*
62%
of
imprisoned
women
in
state
prisons
have
a
child
under
the
age
of
18.
*
Native
American
and
Black
girls
are
much
more
likely
to
be
incarcerated
than
white,
Latina,
or
Asian
girls.
*
Almost
25%
of
incarcerated
girls
are
held
for
status
offenses,
such
as
truancy
and
curfew
violations,
or
for
violating
the
terms
of
their
probation.
READ THE REPORT [[link removed]]
Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Co-Director of Research and author of report [[link removed]] Kristen Budd
Research Analyst
Email: [email protected]
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