As noted in this chapter, women face different issues than men do when they go to prison. Eighty percent of incarcerated women are mothers, one-fourth of the women who enter prison are either pregnant...

As noted in this chapter, women face different issues than men do when they go to prison. Eighty percent of incarcerated women are mothers, one-fourth of the women who enter prison are either pregnant or have given birth within the past twelve months, and 65 percent of women held in state prisons have children under age eighteen.