small chart showing that of women who were pregnant when admitted to prison, 9 percent have not received an obstetric exam, 26 percent have not seen an outside provider, and 50 percent have not received any other prenatal care in prison

Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Survey of Prison Inmates 2016 data analyzed by the Prison Policy Initiative. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2022)

This graph originally appeared in Chronic Punishment: The unmet health needs of people in state prisons.



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