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Number of women in U.S. jails skyrocketing

Name: Number of women in U.S. jails skyrocketing
Uploaded: 2016-08-17T20:41:14-0400
Duration: 4 min 23 s
Description: The number of women in local U.S. jails has skyrocketed over the last four decades. While fewer than 8,000 women were behind bars in 1970, that number was nearly 110,000 in 2014. Former civil rights attorney Gloria Browne Marshall joins CBSN to discuss.

The number of women in local U.S. jails has skyrocketed over the last four decades. While fewer than 8,000 women were behind bars in 1970, that number was nearly 110,000 in 2014. Former civil rights attorney Gloria Browne Marshall joins CBSN to discuss.