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pie chart showing that of women under correctional control (using the latest data available in March 2023), 75% are on probation, 10% are on parole, and the rest are locked up in local jails, state prisons, federal prisons, and other detention facilities.

Data Source: For sources see the methodology section of our 2023 report Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023.



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