![]() ![]() ![]() The majority are charged with lower-level offenses-mostly property and drug-related-and tend to have less extensive criminal histories than their male counterparts. Like men in jail, they are disproportionately people of color, overwhelmingly poor and low-income, survivors of violence and trauma, and have high rates of physical and mental illness and substance use. Nevertheless, general data about women in the criminal justice system provides clues about who these women are, and why they end up in jail. ![]() jails is scarce, dated, and limited in scope. “Available research to help explain why women are increasingly incarcerated in U.S. I wonder…how will we get them out of the front of that prison? That’s my work.”Īccording to a 2016 Vera Institute of Justice Study, women are the fastest growing incarcerated population. And now, Black women are at the front of the prison. “I’m honored to be recognized for my life story,” Burton said in acceptance of the award. ![]() BURTON received a 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in the category of Biography/Autobiography. LOS ANGELES (January 17, 2018) – During a January 14 th ceremony, Susan Burton’s memoir BECOMING MS. ![]()
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