Disability Affects Nearly Half Of Incarcerated Women
Share of State and Federal Prisoners with a Disability by Gender and Type of Difficulty, 2016
This bar chart shows the share of male (dark blue bars) and female (bright blue bars) state and federal prisoners who had any disability and who reported specific types of difficulty in 2016. Nearly 50 percent of women and slightly under 40 percent of men in prison said they had a disability, with cognitive difficulties being the most commonly cited type.