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Mass Incarceration Has Directly Affected Women in Three Distinct Ways

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Mass incarceration has directly affected women in three distinct ways from men. Which of the following is NOT one of those ways?


A) White women are incarcerated at equal rates as women of color, due to gender biases in drug enforcement.
B) Nearly 80 percent of women prisoners had experienced some form of abuse in their lives, with a number in jail for retaliating against their abuser
C) Women are more likely than men to have been the primary caregivers prior to being incarcerated, meaning that their children are more directly affected.
D) Incarceration is a relatively new phenomenon for women, with rates rising dramatically in the context of the War on Drugs.

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