Bar chart comparing the women's incarceration rates of the founding NATO members with the women's incarceration rates of the United States and the state of North Carolina. The women's incarceration rates of 112 per 100,000 for the United States and 101 for North Carolina are higher than any of the founding NATO members.

(Graph: Emily Widra, September 2025)

This graph is a part of States of Women's Incarceration: The Global Context 2025, published in September 2025. For more research and graphs about North Carolina, see our North Carolina state profile.



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