Using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, this brief finds that women on parole are more likely to face housing instability, health challenges, and mental health and drug use disorders than men on parole.
CCJ convened three virtual focus groups with correctional leaders to better understand how prison systems are approaching rehabilitation for women, focusing on behavioral health, reentry, and prison culture.
In this conversation, the Council on Criminal Justice Women’s Justice Commission and a panel of experts discussed the costs, benefits, and tradeoffs of women’s incarcarceration.
Reducing women’s time served in prison by half would produce substantial savings, with only a modest increase in annual arrests, most for nonviolent crimes.
The number of women under correctional control is projected to rise to 1.1 million by 2035, with total annual costs increasing by about 34%, or roughly $8 billion.
The Council on Criminal Justice and a panel of experts examined how survivors justice laws are being implemented, what challenges have emerged, and what policymakers and practitioners can learn from early experience across states.
