Women in Prison

FULL ARTICLE:

https://interactive.pri.org/2018/04/unequal-justice/index.html

Article Includes Charts & Photos.

UNEQUAL JUSTICE – THERE ARE MORE WOMEN IN PRISON THAN EVER BEFORE

April 2, 2018 – The substances are different: in Thailand, it’s meth. In Ohio, opioids. In Mexico, women help their husbands, boyfriends and fathers run their drug businesses peddling pills, crack, heroin.

But all over the world, countries are imprisoning women at higher rates than ever before. The reason? Mostly, it’s drugs………

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Direct Link to Full 52-Page Publication – UNODC: UN Office of Drugs & Crime

https://www.unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/Bangkok_Rules_ENG_22032015.pdf

Direct Link to Full EU Factsheet on Women in Prison:

https://rm.coe.int/168077ff14