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New Jersey Incarcerated Women Statistics January 2, 2019

609 women are incarcerated at Edna Mahan Correctiional Facility for Women (EMCFW).

63% of these women were committed for violent offences.

13% of these women were committed for drug offences. 

49% of these women are serving sentences of 5 years or less.

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0% of these women are serving life without parole.

(Source: State of NJ Department of Corrections Offender Statistics)

*Edna Mahan is the only women's prison in NJ.

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