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Women in prison: Why Oklahoma leads the nation

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

February 18, 2011 Women in prison: Why Oklahoma leads the nation By Ginnie Graham For Oklahoma Watch CNHI The Enid News and Eagle Fri Feb 18, 2011 TAFT ? Editor?s note: Oklahoma Watch is a nonprofit, investigative and in-depth reporting team that collaborates with other news organizations and higher education to produce journalism that makes a difference in the lives of Oklahomans. Its first project focuses on ?Women in Prison: Why Oklahoma Leads the Nation.? Oklahoma sends more women to prison than any other state on a per-capita basis and has for 14 of the past 15 years. This investigation examines why that is and whether or not there is a better way to handle nonviolent offenders. For a $31 marijuana buy, Patricia Marilyn Spottedcrow got 12 years in prison, away from her four young children and husband and ending her work in nursing homes...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 19, 2011 (boomark / email).