Media Source:

Native America Calling

Media URL:

https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-april-9-2024-tackling-a-troubling-trend-for-native-women-in-prison/

Date:

2024/04/09

Summary:

Native American women are overrepresented in U.S. prisons, and among “juvenile” prisoners, Native American girls are incarcerated at a rate more than four times that of their white girls. Lewis & Clark Professor Carma Corcoran (Cree), director of the Indian Law Program, explains the structural factors leading to these disparities, and what should be done to address them.