[custom_adv] The United States has the highest prison population in the world, and the number of women in prison in this country increased by 646% between 1980 and 2010, making women the fastest-growing population of prisoners. [custom_adv] Watching "Orange is the New Black" might make us all collectively think we know what life is like for women in prison. But since the show began, several actual former prisoners and experts in the field have have written about the differences between OITNB and prison IRL. As it turns out, life for women in prison is even harder---and way more dangerous---than the show might lead us to believe. [custom_adv] And it isn’t just hard for adults---according to the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention, hundreds of thousands of girls are arrested in the U.S. annually. [custom_adv] Over 70,000 juveniles live in residential detention centers at any given time, and teenage girls in the justice system face a unique set of dangers and challenges.Here are 13 seriously f--ked up things you probably didn’t know about the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of women and girls living locked up in the US. [custom_adv] The United States has the highest prison population in the world, and the number of women in prison in this country increased by 646% between 1980 and 2010, making women the fastest-growing population of prisoners. [custom_adv] Watching "Orange is the New Black" might make us all collectively think we know what life is like for women in prison. But since the show began, several actual former prisoners and experts in the field have have written about the differences between OITNB and prison IRL. As it turns out, life for women in prison is even harder---and way more dangerous---than the show might lead us to believe. [custom_adv] And it isn’t just hard for adults---according to the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention, hundreds of thousands of girls are arrested in the U.S. annually. [custom_adv] Over 70,000 juveniles live in residential detention centers at any given time, and teenage girls in the justice system face a unique set of dangers and challenges.Here are 13 seriously f--ked up things you probably didn’t know about the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of women and girls living locked up in the US. [custom_adv] The United States has the highest prison population in the world, and the number of women in prison in this country increased by 646% between 1980 and 2010, making women the fastest-growing population of prisoners. [custom_adv] Watching "Orange is the New Black" might make us all collectively think we know what life is like for women in prison. But since the show began, several actual former prisoners and experts in the field have have written about the differences between OITNB and prison IRL. As it turns out, life for women in prison is even harder---and way more dangerous---than the show might lead us to believe. [custom_adv] And it isn’t just hard for adults---according to the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention, hundreds of thousands of girls are arrested in the U.S. annually. [custom_adv] Over 70,000 juveniles live in residential detention centers at any given time, and teenage girls in the justice system face a unique set of dangers and challenges.Here are 13 seriously f--ked up things you probably didn’t know about the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of women and girls living locked up in the US. [custom_adv] The United States has the highest prison population in the world, and the number of women in prison in this country increased by 646% between 1980 and 2010, making women the fastest-growing population of prisoners. [custom_adv] Watching "Orange is the New Black" might make us all collectively think we know what life is like for women in prison. But since the show began, several actual former prisoners and experts in the field have have written about the differences between OITNB and prison IRL. As it turns out, life for women in prison is even harder---and way more dangerous---than the show might lead us to believe. [custom_adv] And it isn’t just hard for adults---according to the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention, hundreds of thousands of girls are arrested in the U.S. annually. [custom_adv] Over 70,000 juveniles live in residential detention centers at any given time, and teenage girls in the justice system face a unique set of dangers and challenges.Here are 13 seriously f--ked up things you probably didn’t know about the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of women and girls living locked up in the US. [custom_adv] The United States has the highest prison population in the world, and the number of women in prison in this country increased by 646% between 1980 and 2010, making women the fastest-growing population of prisoners. [custom_adv] Watching "Orange is the New Black" might make us all collectively think we know what life is like for women in prison. But since the show began, several actual former prisoners and experts in the field have have written about the differences between OITNB and prison IRL. As it turns out, life for women in prison is even harder---and way more dangerous---than the show might lead us to believe.
