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| UAA researchers: convicted women in prison increasing, overall population down |
| By adn.com- Jerzy Shedlock |
| Published: 11/03/2015 |
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The number of convicted women filling Alaska’s prisons has increased by nearly a quarter over the past decade while the male inmate population has declined. That’s according to data released Monday by the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Justice Center. The climbing number of female inmates was noted in previous releases, and the Alaska Department of Corrections has said it’s looking into the issue. The female population incarcerated after conviction increased 27.5 percent, and the post-conviction incarcerated male population decreased 4.4 percent from 2005 to 2014, according to the data. Khristy Parker, researcher at UAA's Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Center, said the major takeaway from the center’s most recent fact sheet is the increase in the female population. Previously examined corrections data showed increases in the pretrial population too, she said. Read More. |
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