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Incarcerated Women and Girls

Over the past quarter century, there has been a profound change in the involvement of women within the criminal justice system. This is the result of more expansive law enforcement efforts, stiffer drug sentencing laws, and post-conviction barriers to reentry that uniquely affect women. The female incarcerated population stands over seven times higher than in 1980. More than 60% of women in state prisons have a child under the age of 18.1

Between 1980 and 2019, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 700%, rising from a total of 26,378 in 1980 to 222,455 in 2019.

Though many more men are in prison than women, the rate of growth for female imprisonment has been twice as high as that of men since 1980. There are 1.2 million women under the supervision of the criminal justice system.

Rise in Women’s Incarceration, 1980-2019

* Prison figures are from year-end 2019 while jail figure is from year-end 2018, the latest available data from the sources used.

Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics: Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States 1850-1984 (1986); Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear Series (1997-2018), Prisoners Series (1986-2019). Washington, DC.

Women Under Control of the U.S. Corrections System, 2018-2019

Note: Prison data are from year-end 2019 and other data are from year-end 2018, the latest available data from the sources used.

Sources: Carson, E.A. (2020). Prisoners in 2019. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; Zeng, Z. (2020). Jail Inmates in 2018. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; Kaeble, D. & Alper, M. (2020). Probation and Parole in the United States, 2017-2018. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics. Jail State Prison Federal Prison 2019* 2015 2010 2005 2000 1995 1990 1985 1980 26,378 42,176 119,786 81,023 164,221 202,089 205,190 210,291 222,455 Parole Probation Jail Prison 107,955 114,500 885,000 114,140

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Female Imprisonment Rate per 100,000, by Race and Ethnicity, 2000-2019

Source: Prisoners Series. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.

2000 2019 % Change

White Women 34 48 41% increase

Men 449 385 14% decrease

African American Women 205 83 60% decrease

  Men 3,457 2,203 36% decrease

Latinx Women 60 63 5% increase

  Men 1,220 979 20% decrease

Imprisonment Rates by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity per 100,000: 2000 vs. 2019

RACE AND ETHNICITY IN PRISONS

• In 2019, the imprisonment rate for African American women (83 per 100,000) was over 1.7

times the rate of imprisonment for white women (48 per 100,000).

• Latinx women were imprisoned at 1.3 times the rate of white women (63 vs. 48 per

100,000).

• The rate of imprisonment for African American women has been declining since 2000, while

the rate of imprisonment for white and Latinx women has increased.

• Between 2000 and 2019, the rate of imprisonment in state and federal prisons declined by

60% for black women, while the rate of imprisonment for white women rose by 41%.

0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 Latinx Black White 20 19 20 18 20 17 20 16 20 15 20 14 20 13 20 12 20 11 20 10 20 09 20 08 20 07 20 06 20 05 20 04 20 03 20 02 20 01 20 00

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*In these states with integrated jail and prison systems, data include both jail and prison populations.

Sources: Carson, E.A. (2020). Prisoners in 2019. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.

MARI* NJ NY ME MNMD AK*VT* CT*CA NH DE*IL UTMI HI* WAPA NE NCSC WIIA All statesND AL ORKS FL NMCO VALA OHGA IN MOTN NV MSTX WVAR MTAZ WYSD KY OKID 129 138 128 127 118 111 101 91 86 83 78 77 75 72 72 71 69 59 57 55 54 49 46 45 1011 1519 2223 23 2728 2833 3335 40 42 103 80 67 62 60 55 53 42 42 40 36 23

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STATE VARIATION

The rate at which women are incarcerated varies greatly from state to state. At the national level, 61 out of every 100,000 women were in prison in 2019. The state with the highest rate of female imprisonment is Idaho (138) and the state with the lowest incarceration rate of females is Massachusetts (10).

Offense Type by Gender in State Prisons, 2018

Carson, E.A. (2020). Prisoners in 2019. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.

OFFENSE TYPES FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN STATE PRISONS

• Women in state prisons are more likely than men to be incarcerated for a drug or

property offense. Twenty-six percent of women in prison have been convicted of a drug offense, compared to 13% of men in prison; 24% of incarcerated women have been convicted of a property crime, compared to 16% among incarcerated men.

• The proportion of imprisoned women convicted of a drug offense has increased from

12% in 1986 to 26% in 2018.

Public Order

Drug

Property

Violent

58% Women Men 38% 16% 24% 13% 26% 13% 11%

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Highest and Lowest State Rates of Confinement for Girls (per 100,000), 2017

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Lowest Incarceration Rates

State Rate Vermont 0 Connecticut 7 Massachusetts 9 New Jersey 11 North Carolina8 11 Highest Incarceration Rates

State Rate Nebraska 166 Wyoming 143 Alaska 102 West Virginia 95 Idaho 81

Source: Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Kang, W., and Puzzanchera, C. (2017) “Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement.” Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/.

INCARCERATED GIRLS

• Of the 43,580 youth in residential placement, 15% (6,598) are girls.1, 2

• As with boys, girls are confined considerably less frequently than at the start of the century. In 2001, 15,104 girls were confined in residential placement settings. By 2017, this figure had been cut by more than half.3

• African American and Native girls are much more likely to be incarcerated than Asian, white, and Hispanic girls. The placement rate for all girls is 43 per 100,000 girls (those between ages 10 and 17),4 but the placement rate for Asian girls 3 per 100,000; for

white girls is 29 per 100,000; and Hispanic girls is 31 per 100,000. African American girls are more than three times as likely as their white peers to be incarcerated (94 per 100,000), and Native girls are more than four times as likely (123 per 100,000).5

• Though just 15% of incarcerated youth are girls, they make up a much higher

proportion of those incarcerated for the lowest level offenses. Thirty-six percent of youth incarcerated for status offenses (such as truancy and curfew violations) are girls. More than half of youth incarcerated for running away are girls. Overall, one-third of incarcerated girls are held for status offenses or for violating the terms of their probation.6

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This fact sheet was updated November 2020.

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Endnotes

1 Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Kang, W., & Puzzanchera, C. (2019). “Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement.” Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/ Totals reflect data as of late October 2017. One year later, there were 14 percent fewer youth in replacement, but their genders are not reported.

2 Puzzanchera, C., Hockenberry, S., Sladky, T.J., and Kang, W. (2020). “Juvenile Residential Facility Census Databook.” Available: https://www. ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/jrfcdb/

3 Sickmund, M., et al. (2019). 4 Sickmund, M., et al. (2019).

5 Author’s calculations of girls’ placement rate by race and ethnicity based on total US population for all girls aged 10 to 17, found at Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, A. and Kang, W. (2020). “Easy Access to Juvenile Populations: 1990-2019.” Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp. gov/ojstatbb/ezapop/. Other rate calculations among youth in this report are based on youth aged 10 through the upper age of juvenile court jurisdiction. This age is typically 17 years old, but not in every state.

6 Sickmund, M., et al. (2019). 7 Sickmund, M., et al. (2019).

8 The placement rate for all states listed here, except North Carolina, is based on the population of all girls aged 10 to 17 in their respective states. In North Carolina, the rate is based on the population of girls age 10 to 15, a count taken prior to the implementation of legislation to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to 17.

9 OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: brhttp://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05230&selOffenses=1. October 31, 2019.

In 1990, girls comprised 20 percent of all youth arrests, a proportion that grew to 26 percent in 2000 and 30 percent in 2010. Since then, the proportion of all youth arrests by gender has been consistent.9

Girls Comprise a Growing Proportion of All Teen Arrests, 1980-2018

Source: Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Kang, W., & Puzzanchera, C. (2019). “Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement.” Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/

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