KEY FACTS AND FIGURES More than 10million Men, women and children are CRIME IN PRISON WORLDWIDE PRISON POPULATIONS BUT rates are in are INCREASING DECLINE 30% Prisons are OVERCROWDED 121 In at least of detainees are AWAITING TRIAL, presumed innocent COUNTRIES • Worldwide, prisoners disproportionately come from and MARGINALISED POOR backgrounds According to one UK study The number of Around the world & CHILDREN WOMEN GIRLS in prison increased by are DETAINED or LIVE in prison 53% 2017 BUT Causing them long-term PRISONS that cater > Compromised cognitive development > Post-traumatic stress > Increased suicide risk for a predominantly male prison population are ILL-EQUIPPED to address the needs of women prisoners A growing number of CHILDREN are being detained in the context of COUNTER-TERRORISM operations 4 | CHILDREN become displaced from the family home when a MOTHER goes to prison between 2000 PSYCHOLOGICAL and PHYSICAL HARM 95% of 1 Lack of gender-specific healthcare: > Increased risk of ill-health 2 Inadequate or non-existent rehabilitation opportunities: > Reinforced discrimination > Higher risk of reoffending WOMEN PRISONERS are often harshly sentenced for 1 MORALITY CRIMES 2 DRUG OFFENSES A high proportion of women prisoners: • commit minor non-violent offences a  • re driven to offend due to poverty • are victims of abuse • have mental health and/or drug-related issues Penal Reform International and Thailand Institute of Justice | Global Prison Trends 2019