This statistic shows the incarceration rate among female residents in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by the administrative level of the prison. In 2019, the incarceration rate in federal prisons in the United States was 9.6 women for every 100,000 resident women - a sharp increase from a rate of 1.1 in 1982.
Incarceration rates among women in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by level of institution (per 100,000 population)
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Prison Policy Initiative, & US Census Bureau. (October 29, 2019). Incarceration rates among women in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by level of institution (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 07, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/816431/incarceration-rate-women-in-the-us-by-institution-level/
Prison Policy Initiative, und US Census Bureau. "Incarceration rates among women in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by level of institution (per 100,000 population)." Chart. October 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 07, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/816431/incarceration-rate-women-in-the-us-by-institution-level/
Prison Policy Initiative, US Census Bureau. (2019). Incarceration rates among women in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by level of institution (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 07, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/816431/incarceration-rate-women-in-the-us-by-institution-level/
Prison Policy Initiative, and US Census Bureau. "Incarceration Rates among Women in The United States from 1982 to 2019, by Level of Institution (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/816431/incarceration-rate-women-in-the-us-by-institution-level/
Prison Policy Initiative & US Census Bureau, Incarceration rates among women in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by level of institution (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/816431/incarceration-rate-women-in-the-us-by-institution-level/ (last visited March 07, 2021)