One Book 2020-2021: the US Carceral System & Injustice- Becoming Ms. Burton & Just Mercy

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Women & Incarceration

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 nearly eight times higher than in 1980. More than 60% of women in state prisons have a child under the age of 18.

-From Incarcerated Women and Girls
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Source citation: The Sentencing Project. "Incarcerated Women and Girls." The Sentencing Project, 6 June 2019, IAccessed 18 Aug. 2020.

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