60 Percent Of Women In Prison Are There For Nonviolent Drug Crimes and may serve longer sentences than their 'drug bosses'30 Percent Of All Wome
60 Percent Of Women In Prison Are There For Nonviolent Drug Crimes and may serve longer sentences than their ‘drug bosses’
30 Percent Of All Women Imprisoned In The United States Are Black
Statistics from The Sentencing Project and Critical Resistance, resulting in their overrepresentation in the federal prison system.
At least….54 Percent Of Women In Federal Prison Have Suffered Physical Or Sexual Abuse In Their Lifetime
From Bustle.com: And the rate is much higher when we take a look at state prisons. For example, according to the ACLU (which now seems to support males in female prisons), 92 percent of all women in California prisons had been “battered and abused” in their lifetimes.
Plus, a 2012 national survey from the Bureau of Justice revealed that approximately 10 percent of young people in juvenile facilities reported sexual victimization by staff members or a peer.
Rape Behind Bars: The Untold Dangers of Mixed-Sex Prisons for Women by Tonya GJ Prince