Oct 03 2012

Crazy PIC Fact of the Day: Women in Prison

According to a new fact sheet (PDF) released by the Sentencing Project last week, the number of women in prison increased by 646% between 1980 and 2010, rising from 15,118 to 112,797. Including women in local jails, more than 205,000 women are now incarcerated.

The chart below depicts the rise in number of women prisoners from 1994 to 2008. Still stunning to see…