Data from The Prison Policy Initiative shows a recent rise in the number of women and girls in confinement.

“Fueled by more than five decades of a misguided and failing “war on drugs”, the US leads the world in the incarceration of women. Today, more tha…

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Announcer: From WNYC and PRX in collaboration with GBH News in Boston, this is The Takeaway with Melissa Harris-Perry in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Melissa Harris-Perry: Earlier this mo…