Women

Women in Prison Fact Sheet [PDF] The Correctional Association of New York. March, 2007. "As of January 2007, more than 42% of women in New Yorkï¿½s prisons have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, compared to nearly 12% of male inmates."
Breaking the Barriers For Women on Parole, [PDF] Milton Marks. December, 2004. (Statistics by gender for the California corrections system.)
Women in Prison [PDF] Sentencing Project. May, 2003.
"Cadillac Health Care" for Women Prisoners?: Case Studies from the Inside, [PDF] Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. September, 2002.
Access to Medical Care in California's Women's Prisons: An Overview, [PDF] Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. September, 2002.
Women and the Drug War: Facts and Figures at a Glance, [PDF] Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. September, 2002.
Women Prisoners: Facts and Figures at a Glance, [PDF] Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. September, 2002.
Women in Prison in the U.S. & N.Y. [PDF] Correctional Association. 2002.
Women, Injection Drug Use, and the Criminal Justice System [PDF] Department of Health and Human Services. August, 2001. "Women inmates have consistently higher rates of drug use and HIV infection than do male inmates."
Women in Prison Sexual Assault and Misconduct Against Women in Prison, [PDF] Amnesty International. 2001.