Incarceration of women

As of 2013, across the world, 625,000 women and children were being incarcerated in correctional facilities^{[needs update]}, and the female prison population was increasing in all continents.^[1] The list of countries by incarceration rate includes a main table with a column for the historical and current percentage of prisoners who are female.

^ Nearly A Third Of All Female Prisoners Worldwide Are Incarcerated In The United States (Infographic) Archived August 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine (2014-09-23), Forbes

[Forbes-2014-09-23-1] Nearly A Third Of All Female Prisoners Worldwide Are Incarcerated In The United States (Infographic) Archived August 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine (2014-09-23), Forbes

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