Graph showing the incarceration rate for women in South Carolina state prisons. In 1978, there were 18 women incarcerated per 100,000 women in South Carolina. By 2015, the women's incarceration rate in South Carolina was 50 per 100,000 women in South Carolina.

(Graph: Wendy Sawyer, January 2018)

thumbnail for The Gender Divide report This graph is a part of the Prison Policy Initiative report, The Gender Divide: Tracking women's state prison growth.

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