Our nation incarcerates more people — over 2.3 million in 2006 — than any other country. Because justice is not equally administered in the United States, Black males are disproportionately represented among America’s imprisoned population, currently numbering 837,000 in state and federal prisons.
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For women in prison, “health care” can be deadly
Women in jail can suffer slow and painful deaths for treatable and simple illnesses as a result of the horrific state of prison health care.