“Since 1970, the number of women in US jails has increased by 14 times, far outstripping the growth in male prison population” (Lartey). Women make up, “13% of the jail population but account for 66% of victims who suffer staff-on-inmate sexual victimization (Lartey). As the show Orange is The New Black portrays reason for jailing, the number of inmates jailed for nonviolent, drug related crimes, clearly demonstrates the impact felt by the War on Drugs across the United States. Furthermore, as Regina Arnold puts it, the increase in jailing demonstrates the impact of being labeled deviant, as an underprivileged youth. In any sense, it seems unclear why many of these women’s crimes require such long sentences. This is especially surprising given how little time is mandated for the number of crimes involving sexual
“Since 1970, the number of women in US jails has increased by 14 times, far outstripping the growth in male prison population” (Lartey). Women make up, “13% of the jail population but account for 66% of victims who suffer staff-on-inmate sexual victimization (Lartey). As the show Orange is The New Black portrays reason for jailing, the number of inmates jailed for nonviolent, drug related crimes, clearly demonstrates the impact felt by the War on Drugs across the United States. Furthermore, as Regina Arnold puts it, the increase in jailing demonstrates the impact of being labeled deviant, as an underprivileged youth. In any sense, it seems unclear why many of these women’s crimes require such long sentences. This is especially surprising given how little time is mandated for the number of crimes involving sexual