How does criminal justice reform help women?

Colorado currently has  
    1,750
 women in prison



DID YOU KNOW?

• 70 % of women sent to Colorado prisons were convicted of a non-violent offense
• 70-80% of women in prison are mothers of children under 18 years old
• 29% of women sent to prison in Colorado were convicted of a drug offense
• 20,000 children in Colorado currently have a parent in prison
• 79% of women in prison are assessed to be in need of Substance Abuse Treatment
• 60% of women entering prison are survivors of physical or sexual abuse
• 67% of women in prison have been diagnosed as needing Mental Health Treatment
• The US imprisons 10 times more women than Western Europe