GDC's sanction ladder sorts prison rule violations by severity. That structure matters because a rule citation and the permitted range of punishment are separate questions.
GDC's female diagnostic fact sheet describes health screenings, orientation, a letter to family and transfer review, but individualized completion needs records.
PPI reports that 58 percent of surveyed women in state prisons were parents of minor children, underscoring why family access is part of custody policy.
PPI's 2026 analysis highlights self-reported disability and treatment gaps in a surveyed state-prison population; these figures are not medical audits of individual prisons.
PPI reports that 61 percent of women held for local authorities in jails had not been convicted. Jail populations need separate scrutiny from state prisons.
The October 14 Prison Policy Initiative report assembles a nationwide picture from different corrections systems. Its total is not a single census taken by one agency.