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There are many changing demographics in prisons around the country. Since 1977 the imprisonment rate of women has increased by 757 percent, with an average annual increase of 8 percent. There is also a 24 to 1 male to female imprisonment rate which includes all 50 states and Federal prisons. The male demographics are over represented in prison as well. A lot of the growth of imprisoned individuals has been due to rapid population grown, and rapid growth of specific areas. Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Louisiana have the highest female imprisonment rates, and with Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine with the lowest rates. In terms of race discrepancies, black male and females are 7 times more likely to be incarcerated than white males and females. In terms of class, around half reported making less than 12,000 dollars a year. These trends are increasing, and no other country in the world imprisons their citizens like the US does.
Arizona there are 11 different prisons in Arizona's history. In Yuma, they imprisoned people from many different countries, also not failing to mention minorities. In US history there was a great theme of racial imprisonment standards with work farms and chain gains where only black prisoners were held.
Earlier on, most prisons housed all men women and children, then after human/civil rights were violated, they started separating prisons by gender. Arizona is a fairly young state in comparison to all the rest, and had followed most of the trends when it comes to imprisonment.