By Ebony Flake ·Updated April 10, 2023
Chances are, you know someone who’s been to prison or is currently serving time.
Black Americans are incarcerated at alarmingly high rates, higher than any other group in the US. Moreover, an increasing percentage of those imprisoned are women. According to data from the US Department of Justice, the population of Black women in state and federal prisons increased by more than 800% between
