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One might think that the one million women in the American criminal justice system would receive gender-specific services, or that prison programs would target their needs to lower recidivism rates.But for the 199,000 women in U.S. prisons and jails, and the 950,000 on probation and parole, that's simply not the case.o improve services for women, psychologists, parole officers and prison employees need more education on how women in the criminal justice system differ from men, she said.
1 1 in 100 African American women are in prison. 2  Nationwide, African-Americans represent 26% of juvenile arrests, 44% of youth who are detained, 46% of the youth who are judicially waived to criminal court, and 58% of the youth admitted to state prisons (Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice). African Americans represent 12% of the total population of drug users, but 38% of those arrested for drug offenses, and 59% of those in state prison for a drug offense. 2  African Americans serve virtually as much time in prison for a drug offense (58.7 months) as whites do for a violent offense (61.7 months).