JT announced that “No Bar Changes“A project to help women who were in prison reintegrate into society after prison.
According to the official websiteThe agency will provide services such as housing, employment, drug addiction treatment, and support.
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‘No Bars Reform’ to Provide Support for Incarcerated Mothers
The 30-year-old spent almost two years in a Florida prison alone before being released from the middle house in 2020.
“(Since his release), JT has vowed to use his voice and platform to help other incarcerated women rehabilitate society by helping them with things like support, job placement, social services, and housing,” the website says.
The project was launched in tandem with JT’s new single – his first since 2019 – titled “No Wounds.”
“Unleash my real b****s, Corrlink and J-Pay (Unleash my b****s) / You’ll be home, f*** what the judge says / I’m lowkey, b** **sf** * with my worries / I have been asked, and I am waiting for my competition, “one of the words reads.
Statistics: More Women Imprisoned Encourages Action
Between 1980 and 2021, the number of women in prison increased by 525 percent, the website reports. Judgment Project.
The number of women in prison is six times higher than in 1980.
In 1980, there were 26,326 women in prison or jail. Meanwhile, in 2021, this number rose to 168,449, according to the project.
2020 was an exception, due to the lack of control centers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this changed again a year later, with a 10 percent increase in 2021.
Rates of Incarceration for Women Double That of Men Since 1980, Shows
More than half (exactly 58 percent) of women in state prisons have a child under the age of 18, the project reported.
And although more men are incarcerated than women, the rate of incarceration for women has doubled since 1980.
There are approximately 976,000 women under judicial supervision, meaning they are in prison, in foster care, on parole, or on probation. Bureau of Justice Statistics.