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  2. Solitary confinement of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The difference was slightly less pronounced in jails, with 17% of white, 17% of black/African American, 15% of Hispanic/Latino, and 21% of other inmates spending time in solitary confinement. There is no data available that specifically documents the intersection between race and gender. [4]

  3. Social groups in male and female prisons in the United States

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    One of the most common and prominently noted differences is the appearance in women's prisons of pseudo-families, which, while they have been discussed in sociological texts since the 1930s, [1] have not been noted in men's prisons at any point. This difference is a manifestation of gendered social factors which influence male and female ...

  4. Solitary confinement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Solitary confinement has particular consequences for women that may differ from the way it affects men. Rates of solitary confinement for women in the United States are roughly comparable to those for men, with about 20% of female prisoners reported to have been in solitary confinement at some point during their incarceration. [ 24 ]

  5. Incarceration of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States in 2015, women made up 10.4% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails. [5] [6] Between 2000 and 2010, the number of males in prison grew by 1.4% per annum, while the number of females grew by 1.9% per annum.

  6. Solitary confinement - Wikipedia

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    Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single cell with little or no contact with other people. It is a punitive tool used within the prison system to discipline or separate incarcerated individuals who are considered to be security risks to other incarcerated individuals or prison staff, as well as those who violate facility rules or are ...

  7. Incarceration of women - Wikipedia

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    In New Zealand, the total number of convicted women increased by 111% between 1996 and 2005. [38] In 1963, women made up 7.7% of those convicted in New Zealand's court system, with most causes of arrest being offences against property and some offences being crime against persons and/or assault.

  8. Internment - Wikipedia

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    The American Heritage Dictionary defines the term concentration camp as: "A camp where persons are confined, usually without hearings and typically under harsh conditions, often as a result of their membership in a group which the government has identified as dangerous or undesirable."

  9. Women in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Burial records during the archaic period do not reveal much about status differences between women and men [11] but confirm that they performed separate tasks. [ 12 ] By the Formative stage , (sometimes called the Preclassic Era, which varies by region but typically spans from 3000 B.C.E. to 150 C.E.), women had become key figures in rituals ...