New report out from PPI today about the criminalization of women and girls in the U.S.
190,600 women & girls are behind bars in the U.S. on any given day.
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2...
"A staggering number of women who are incarcerated are not even convicted: more than a quarter of women who are behind bars have not yet had a trial. Moreover, 60% of women in jails under local control have not been convicted of a crime and are awaiting trial."
