Graph showing the incarceration rate for women in Tennessee state prisons. In 1978, there were 11 women incarcerated per 100,000 women in Tennessee. By 2015, the women's incarceration rate in Tennessee was 78 per 100,000 women in Tennessee.

(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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