
Women Now Being Incarcerated at Higher Rate Than Men, Study Shows
Since 1970, the number of women in jail nationwide has increased 14-fold — from less than 8,000 to nearly 110,000.
Since 1970, the number of women in jail nationwide has increased 14-fold — from less than 8,000 to nearly 110,000.
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Like several counties across the U.S., Pennington County is looking to alternatives for incarceration instead of deciding to add onto its already massive, 624-bed county jail in Rapid City.
CHICAGO — With jail populations having more than tripled since the 1980’s, the John D. and Catherine T.