Graph showing the incarceration rate for women in Nevada state prisons. In 1978, there were 21 women incarcerated per 100,000 women in Nevada. By 2015, the women's incarceration rate in Nevada was 81 per 100,000 women in Nevada.

(Graph: Wendy Sawyer, January 2018)

thumbnail for The Gender Divide report This graph is a part of the Prison Policy Initiative report, The Gender Divide: Tracking women's state prison growth.

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