World Female Prison Population Up 60% Since 2000 - World female imprisonment list
World Female Prison Population Up 60% Since 2000 - World female imprisonment list
Prison population data reveal a much faster growth in female than male prisoner numbers since the year 2000. While the number of women and girls in prison has grown by almost 60%, the male prison population increased by around 22%.
This fifth edition of the World Female Imprisonment List, by Helen Fair(link is external) and Roy Walmsley(link is external), shows that more than 740,000 women and girls are in prison globally.
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The List is published by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck, University of London. The List provides information on the number and percentage of female prisoners in almost all countries across world. It also includes information about trends in female imprisonment in countries and regions and by continent. (Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR), UK, 19.10.2022)
https://www.prisonstudies.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/world_female_imprisonment_list_5th_edition.pdf