Natl: More Than Half a Million Women in Prison Worldwide

The United States is a world leader in the incarceration of women. This country imprisons one-third of the over half a million women incarcerated around the world (183,000 women). Other countries that top the list of countries that incarcerate the most women are China (71,280) and the Russian Federation (55,400).

This data is part of the first ever World Female Imprisonment List compiled by the International Centre for Prison Studies in London. The list provides data on women in prison in 187 countries.

This news brief is based on a story in the Guardian, Global Women Prisoners Top 500,000. If the link is broken, check the newspaper’s archives.