MEDIA AVAILABILITY: 5,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS URGE FUNDING FOR HOME VISITING TO ADDRESS 600 PERCENT RISE IN INCARCERATION OF WOMEN

Renewal of MIECHV is vital because 200,000 women are behind bars, and almost two-thirds of the women in state prisons are mothersFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           CONTACT:  Chris Beakey November 17, 2014                                                               cbeakey@fightcrime.org                                                                                                 302 448 0253 WHAT:     Citing a 600 percent rise in the incarceration of women during the past three decades, more than 5,000 police chiefs, sheriffs and prosecutors are urging Congress to