HELP US END MASS INCARCERATION
The Prison Policy Initiative uses research, advocacy, and organizing to dismantle mass incarceration. We’ve been in this movement for 22 years, thanks to individual donors like you.
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Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Can you help us sustain this work?
Thank you,
Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Data Source: This graph is based on a number of different datasets that included women in all types of correctional facilities (including jails) and the total U.S. women's population for the corresponding year. For detailed sourcing, see http://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/women/#historical. (Graph: Peter Wagner, 2015)
This graph originally appeared in States of Women's Incarceration: The Global Context.
