long-term isolation. There are more than 8o,000 men, women, and children in solitary confinement in prisons across the United States, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Note that figure is a decade old and doesn't include people in jails, juvenile facilities, and immigrant detention centers. Nearly every state use

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n face different hurdles than men. Nationally, more than half of all women in state and federal prisons have children younger than 18, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Most incarcerated women have been victims of domestic violence, including 79 percent having reported a history of physical abuse. Page 8344 EFTA0