WA locking up women faster than any other state in the country

By Adrian Beattie
Updated February 6 2016 - 2:23pm, first published 2:22pm
WA locks up women faster than any other state in the country. Photo: Supplied
WA locks up women faster than any other state in the country. Photo: Supplied

A new reports reveals Western Australia has the second highest rate of female imprisonment in Australia and a shocking rate of Aboriginal woman in jail - almost 13 times higher than non-Indigenous imprisonment.

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