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1. Most women in prison are dangerous. The vast majority of incarcerated women are inside for nonviolent offenses. Property crime, drug-related offenses, and offenses connected to economic survival make up the bulk of women's convictions. For women who are inside for violent offenses, a significant portion of those involve intimate partner violence situations where the woman was defending herself, acting under coercion, or was so far into survival mode that the context of the crime looks...

There is a well-worn observation in international development that has been reconfirmed so many times it has almost become cliché: when you invest in women, the returns multiply. Women reinvest resources into families and communities at higher rates than men. They tend to function as hubs, connecting people, stabilizing systems, absorbing and distributing care. This is not a compliment. It is a data point. It applies inside the prison system too. And it matters in ways that do not get...