{"id":154093,"date":"2015-09-23T11:25:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T11:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=154093"},"modified":"2015-09-23T08:39:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T08:39:19","slug":"over-700000-women-and-girls-in-prison-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/over-700000-women-and-girls-in-prison-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 700,000 women and girls in prison – Study"},"content":{"rendered":"
More than 700,000 women and girls are being held in prisons around the world, a report suggests.<\/p>\n
The number has risen 50% since 2000, outstripping the growth among men, the study from the London-based Institute for Criminal Policy Research said.<\/p>\n
Just three countries – the US, China and Russia – make up around half the total female prison population.<\/p>\n
The researchers say their study should be of “profound concern” to governments worldwide,<\/p>\n
“(Women and girls) are an extremely vulnerable and disadvantaged group, and tend to be victims of crime and abuse themselves,” said Dr Jessica Jacobson, co-director of the institute, which is part of Birkbeck College.<\/p>\n
The report is based on data from 219 countries and dependant territories.<\/p>\n
The total number for women and girls in jail is likely to be higher, researchers say, as some countries did not supply figures and the Chinese data is incomplete.<\/p>\n
African countries have the lowest proportion of women in jail, while El Salvador, Brazil, Cambodia and Indonesia have all seen sharp increases.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More than 700,000 women and girls are being held in prisons around the world, a report suggests. The number has risen 50% since 2000, outstripping the growth among men, the study from the London-based Institute for Criminal Policy Research said. Just three countries – the US, China and Russia – make up around half the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":154095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14],"yoast_head":"\n