Sat Dec 10, 2022, 05:28 PM
albacore (2,065 posts)
Women in prison...
I was reading Louise Erdrich's newest novel - "The Sentence" - last night and stumbled onto this phrase.... "More women are in prison in the state of Minnesota than in all of Canada."
I checked, and it's true!! In fact, virtually every state in the US has more women in prison than in all of Canada. Minnesota isn't # 1 in female incarceration. That dubious honor goes to Idaho. All of Canada (39 million citizens) has 693 women in prison. Idaho (1.9 million) has 991 in prison at last report. The US has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and our female incarceration rate is higher now than ever in the past. Between 1980 and 2020, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 475%. Only 5% of the world's female population lives in the U.S., but the U.S. accounts for nearly 30% of the world's incarcerated women. WTF is going on??? 
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Author | Time | Post |
 Women in prison... (Original post) |
albacore | Dec 2022 | OP |
| LuckyLib | Dec 2022 | #1 | |
| luv2fly | Dec 2022 | #7 | |
| albacore | Dec 2022 | #13 | |
| luv2fly | Dec 2022 | #15 | |
| albacore | Dec 2022 | #18 | |
| rubbersole | Dec 2022 | #2 | |
| Scrivener7 | Dec 2022 | #3 | |
| WhiskeyGrinder | Dec 2022 | #8 | |
| 70sEraVet | Dec 2022 | #16 | |
| Thomas Hurt | Dec 2022 | #4 | |
| rurallib | Dec 2022 | #5 | |
| WhiskeyGrinder | Dec 2022 | #6 | |
| Chainfire | Dec 2022 | #9 | |
| WhiskeyGrinder | Dec 2022 | #11 | |
| sarcasmo | Dec 2022 | #10 | |
| Solly Mack | Dec 2022 | #12 | |
| Mysterian | Dec 2022 | #14 | |
| IbogaProject | Dec 2022 | #17 | |
| albacore | Dec 2022 | #19 |
Response to albacore (Original post)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 05:34 PM
LuckyLib (6,743 posts)
1. So many women are tied in with sketchy bad boys
Response to LuckyLib (Reply #1)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 06:31 PM
7. I tried to find some research to support this
Response to luv2fly (Reply #7)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 07:39 PM
albacore (2,065 posts)
13. I had to look up the stats.
Response to luv2fly (Reply #15)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 08:29 PM
albacore (2,065 posts)
18. Yes.... sketchy bad boys have brought women down for millennia, but the numbers spike ...
Response to albacore (Original post)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 05:35 PM
rubbersole (3,883 posts)
2. Could be the red states think women are just too "uppity".
Response to rubbersole (Reply #2)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 05:37 PM
Scrivener7 (47,401 posts)
3. AND there's money to be made in pouring people into prisons.
Response to rubbersole (Reply #2)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 06:48 PM
WhiskeyGrinder (19,584 posts)
8. Nah, it's generally just another facet of the war on drugs.
Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #8)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 08:13 PM
70sEraVet (2,335 posts)
16. That's what I'm thinking.
Response to Thomas Hurt (Reply #4)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 06:12 PM
rurallib (60,519 posts)
5. I think you are on to something
Response to albacore (Original post)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 06:22 PM
WhiskeyGrinder (19,584 posts)
6. This is what it "tOuGh On CrImE" looks like. Lots of money to be made in incarceration, whether
Response to albacore (Original post)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 06:59 PM
Chainfire (12,810 posts)
9. Without going to look, I bet that most of the women are serving sentences for non-violent crimes.
Response to Chainfire (Reply #9)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 07:16 PM
WhiskeyGrinder (19,584 posts)
11. That is true of the incarcerated population as a whole.
Response to albacore (Original post)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 07:13 PM
sarcasmo (22,984 posts)
10. Prison is a growth industry. $$$$
Response to albacore (Original post)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 07:46 PM
14. The sham "war" on some drugs turned the USA into a quasi-police state,
Response to albacore (Original post)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 08:29 PM
IbogaProject (1,699 posts)
17. two ideas
Response to IbogaProject (Reply #17)
Sat Dec 10, 2022, 08:33 PM
albacore (2,065 posts)
19. Lots of good comments..
