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Oregon has led the western states in prison population growth since the state’s harsh Ballot Measure 11 took effect in 1995. Justice Strategies has analyzed crime and incarceration trends in Oregon and tracked the growth in the state’s female prison population since 2004.

Oregon women hard-hit by prison population growth

Women’s prison population growth outstripped growth in the men’s population in every state during the past 27 years. A different trend has emerged since the end of 1999. Women continue to be disproportionately impacted in states where overall growth rates remain high. But among states

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Did Oregon's Measure 11 work? Other States Achieve Greater Crime Reductions at Lower Cost

1994 was a seismic year for the US criminal justice system. Congressional enactment of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act spurred many states to stiffen penalties for people convicted of crime. That same year Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 11, creating sharply increased sentences

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