Graph showing the incarceration rate for women in Washington state prisons. In 1978, there were 12 women incarcerated per 100,000 women in Washington. By 2015, the women's incarceration rate in Washington was 40 per 100,000 women in Washington.

(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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