Black Women Struggle in Criminal Justice System (753 hits)

Adult women are the fastest growing group in regards to incarceration. The number of female prisoners rose at a faster rate (4.8 percent) than the number of male prisoners (2.7 percent), according to a study, "Prison and Jail Inmates" conducted by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Statistics (BJS) in 2006. In that report, the BJS said that there were 111,400 female prisoners in federal and state prisons.

The report noted that the percent increase in female prisoners was almost twice that of male prisoners.

Black women make up a larger share of their gender incarcerated than in any other group. Read more...