This new study: "Hard Hit: The Growth in the Imprisonment of Women, 1977-2004"  by the New York Women's Prison Association, demonstrates the disparities among sentencing and treatment of women in different states. Other highlights include:

• Reduction of over reliance on incarceration as a sanction has disproportionately benefited women
• Women's incarceration rate climbed by 1,600 % in Central US and the West
• Click here to view a US map to take a look at your state/regional statistics
• The drug war has accounted for the majority of increases in sentences
• The toll on families and children is great. Link here for NIC documents on families
• Gender-responsive specific treatment and reentry programming is recommended. See NIC's website for resources on gender-responsive documents

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