Native America Calling: Tackling a troubling trend for Native women in prison

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Tackling a troubling trend for Native women in prison

Numerous studies over the years point out the overrepresentation of Native American women in U.S. prisons.

The Sentencing Project found a 525% increase over more than 20 years in the incarceration of women and girls. Juvenile Native American girls had the highest rate, at more than four times that of their white counterparts.

Join Native America Calling to talk about the factors driving a growing trend and what advocates are doing to turn the numbers around.

Though just 15% of incarcerated youth are girls, they make up a much higher proportion of those incarcerated for the lowest level offenses.

Black and Native girls are much more likely to be incarcerated than Asian, white, and Hispanic girls. https://t.co/kH6zqBL1SA pic.twitter.com/HUh0Aa9aZZ
— The Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) February 15, 2021

Guests on Native America Calling

Dr. Carma Corcoran (Cree), director of the Indian Law Program at the Lewis and Clark Law School and adjunct professor in the Indigenous Nations Studies program at Portland State University

Dr. Laurie Walker, assistant teaching professor at the Department of Native American Studies at Montana State University

Dean Williams, independent consultant