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The American Criminal Justice System is one of the most dysfunctional systems in the world. One of the major issues they have with the system now is Women in the Criminal Justice System. Women are starting to get convicted more for former male-dominated crimes. According to sentencingproject.org, “the number of women incarcerated in a prison has doubled that of men since 1985. Women in prison face unique issues that men do not, and the increasing number of incarcerated women creates issues of medical and prenatal care for pregnant inmates for which legislators must somehow plan and make provision”.
According to (Women and the Criminal Justice System) it says:
“In the last 25 years, the number of women and girls caught in the criminal justice system has skyrocketed; many have been swept up in the (war on drugs) and subject to increasingly punitive sentencing policies for non-violent offenders. There are now more than 200,000 women behind bars and more than one million on probation and parole. Many of these women struggle with substance abuse, mental illness, and histories of physical and sexual abuse. Few get the services they need. The toll on women, girls, and their families is devastating.”
The American Civil Liberty Union has been fighting nonstop to ensure that the system treats them fairly and protects them while they are in custody. Women offenders have different needs than the ones of men, primarily due to the fact that they’re victims from sexual or physical abuse and the responsibility of their children.
Many women and come into the criminal justice system with a freighting history of physical and sexual abuse. It is estimated that up to 80 percent of women prisoners suffer from substance addiction (Ajinkya). ...

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... 7 Mar. 2012. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/news/2012/03/07/11219/the-top-5-facts-about-women-in-our-criminal-justice-system/
Bryant, Lee. "Gender Bias and Punishment." History Learning Site.Web. 10 Apr. 2014. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/gender_bias_punishment.htm
"NCJRS National Criminal Justice Reference Service In the Spotlight." Women and Girls in the Justice System. Web. 10 Apr. 2014. https://www.ncjrs.gov/spotlight/wgcjs/summary.html
Sedghi, Ami. "Women and the criminal justice system: what do the latest statistics show?” the Guardian. 22 Nov. 2012. Web. 14 Apr. 2014. http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/nov/22/women-criminal-justice-system-statistics-representation
"Women and the Criminal Justice System." American Civil Liberties Union.Web. 10 Apr. 2014. https://www.aclu.org/women-and-criminal-justice-system

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