Graph showing the number of men in Tennessee state prisons from 1978 to 2,015. In 1978, there were 5,574 men in Tennessee state prisons. By 2015, the number of men in prison had grown to 25,532.

(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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