Orange Overflow [CJDegreeOnline.BU.edu]

The female prison population has increased 646% in the past three decades, primarily due to inmates receiving sentences for nonviolent, low-level offenses. The United States imprisons more women than any other country, all at the taxpayer’s expense. Why is this number growing so dramatically? Boston University’s Master of Criminal Justice online program takes a closer look at the exploding female prison population in the United States in the infographic below.

See the infographic here: http://cjdegreeonline.bu.edu/o...n-the-united-states/