Visible Voices Contributions to "Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States" Exhibit
Thu, 10/01/2009 - 2:59pm | 
GNelson
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- More than 16,000 women go to jail annually in Cook County Jail and about 82% are mothers.
- About 80% of women detained at Cook County Jail are charged with non-violent crimes and only 1.8% of the 3,100 women admitted to Illinois prisons in 2009 were classified as a high security risk.
Because children need their mothers.
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