England has the highest rate of female imprisonment in the European Union.
(According to statistics published by the Ministry of Justice, the number of women jailed in England has more than doubled over the past two decades to 4,144, but many sentences are short, and in 2011 10,181 women were actually put behind bars.)
(According to statistics published by the Ministry of Justice, the number of women jailed in England has more than doubled over the past two decades to 4,144, but many sentences are short, and in 2011 10,181 women were actually put behind bars.)