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| More Women Head to State Prisons |
| By oklahomawatch.org- Clifton Adcock |
| Published: 09/12/2016 |
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Despite years of concern over Oklahoma’s high rate of female incarceration, the number of women sent to prison jumped again in the latest fiscal year. In fiscal 2016, which ended June 30, the number of women sent to Oklahoma prisons rose by 9.5 percent, from 1,593 to 1,744, data from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows. The total men imprisoned that year fell by about 1 percent, to 8,282. Statewide, total new prisoners increased by less than 1 percent. One dramatic exception was Tulsa County, which sent 24 percent fewer women and 15 percent fewer men to prison last fiscal year. The drop over the past two years there was 49 percent for women and 30 percent for men. Tulsa County inmate advocates and criminal justice officials attribute the decline to a widely coordinated effort to provide diversion and treatment programs. Read More. |
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