A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
“64% of California’s jail population is awaiting trial or sentencing as of December 2016.” Most remain in pretrial custody because they cannot afford bail. Jail Profile Survey, http://www.bscc.ca.gov/
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”
A huge percentage of incarcerated women are locked up without a conviction or even a trial, a first-of-its-kind study concludes.
“A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted,” stated Aleks Kajstura, Prison Policy Initiative’s (PPI) legal director. “Moreover, 60 percent of women in jail have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial.”
In its annual Whole Pie: Mass Incarceration report, PPI analyzes the different cross sections that comprise the total mass incarceration population, but 2017 marked the first time that the study focused on the female demographic.
The analysis observed 219,000 female inmates in the United States.
“With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration,” Kajstura wrote. “How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? And why are they there?”
By examining the different segments of the 219,000 total female inmates in the United States, PPI reported it intends to expand discussions about policies that impact incarcerated women, and ultimately effect a change in the policies that contribute to women’s incarceration in the first place.
“All too often, the conversation about criminal justice reform starts and stops with the question of nonviolent drug and property offenses,” Kajstura said. “The chart reveals that all offenses, including violent offenses that account for roughly a quarter of all incarcerated women, must be considered in the effort to reduce the number of incarcerated women in this country.”
The disproportionately large percentage of non-convicted women in jail cannot necessarily be attributed to the court system considering them to be a flight risk. A more likely possibility is that, because incarcerated females have lower incomes than incarcerated males, it is much harder for them to afford bail, the report said.
The 219,000 incarcerated women account for only 16 percent of the total women under correctional supervision in the U.S. More than a million women are on probation, while another 123,000 are on parole.
“The explanation for exactly what happened, when, and why does not yet exist because the data on women has long been obscured by the larger picture of men’s incarceration,” Kajstura said. “The disaggregated numbers presented here are an important first step to ensuring that women are not left behind in the effort to end mass incarceration.”