What Happens Next In The Ongoing Babes In Prison Debate

Young and locked up gave us an honest look into juvenile women behind bars as they rehabilitate. The first section provides a general overview of women in prison, exploring prison structure, prison staff sexism, and the influence of prison environment on isolation and segregation. The second and the fourth sections focus on the gendered pains of imprisonment, highlighting the physical and mental health struggles of female prisoners. As criminal legal system reforms become increasingly central to political debate and are even scapegoated to resurrect old, ineffective tough on crime policies its more important than ever that we get the facts straight and understand the big picture. This report provides a detailed view of the 190,600 women and girls incarcerated in the united states and how they fit into the even broader picture of correctional control.

Now, the three debaters who outsmarted the ivy leaguers have a new round of accomplishments. Two have found professional footing after release. The third, still in prison, has earned a masters degree and. The rate at which women are incarcerated varies greatly from state to state. At the national level, including both state and federal imprisonment, 47 out of every 100,000 women were in prison in 2021. The state with the highest rate of female imprisonment is idaho (127) and the state with the lowest incarceration rate of women is massachusetts (6).