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The platform includes articles from external sources to supplement its available information. Reporting on the state of prisons around the world is a complex, laborious task. The Prison Insider team develops a weekly press review in three languages in order to provide wider coverage of current events in the world’s prisons. This monitoring process helps promote journalism by various media and reflects a commitment to transparency and collaboration.
United States: lack of social justice programs fuels female incarceration rate
Female incarceration globally has increased 60% in the last 25 years. There are 740,000 women and girls incarcerated in jails and prisons worldwide; 200,000 of them are in the United States, according to a 2025 report from the Prison Policy Initiative.
Source: San Quentin News (14/03/2026)