Six Women — STILL HERE

SIX WOMEN by Sara Bennett

1. -Claude-in-prison-13x19-Print-crop@3x.png — claude

KAMILAH

1. -elaine-in-prison-13x19-Print-crop@3x.png — ELAINE

LEAH

evelyn-in-prison-13x19-Print-crop@3x.png — EVELYN

TAMANIKA

Statistics

If African Americans and Hispanics were incarcerated at the same rates as whites, prison and jail populations would decline by almost 40%.

NAACP Criminal Justice Fact Sheet →

In New York, black people constituted 15% of state residents, but 43% of people in jail and 48% of people in prison.

Vera Institute of Justice →

In 2017, the imprisonment rate for African American women was nearly twice the rate of imprisonment for white women.

The Sentencing Project →

The median annual income before incarceration for black women who are in jail and unable to post bail is just over $9,000; the median felony bail is $10,000.

Prison Policy Initiative →

Each year the U.S. books more people into local jail than the populations of New York City and Los Angeles combined.

The Bail Project →