The Mental Health Crisis Facing Women in Prison – The Marshall Project

A new study by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that incarcerated women are much more likely to report a history of mental health issues than incarcerated men. About 35 percent of male prisoners surveyed reported that they had a history of mental health diagnoses and 14 percent reported that they had serious psychological distress within the past 30 days. For female prisoners, almost two-thirds reported a mental health diagnostic history and 20.5 percent reported that they had serious psychological distress within the past 30 days. Read more.