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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 25, 2025

Tennessee is among the top 10 states in the country with the highest incarceration rates for women, a new report from the non-profit Prison Policy Institute finds. The study also found that nearly half of U.S. states, including Tennessee, incarcerate women at rates at least four times the rates of the nation’s closest international allies. And if the state were its own country, its incarceration rate for women would be higher than any other country in the world, except El Salvador. Read more from the institute.