Czechia has the highest proportion of women among incarcerated individuals of all European countries with more than one million inhabitants.
Women make up 8.8% of the prison population.
In the Czech Republic, the number of female prisoners has increased by 30% in the last 10 years and doubled in the last 20 years.
Women are the fastest growing group of prisoners in the world.

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Story no. 3 – ZUZANA: I loved her but I knew she is on the second place
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Story no. 2 – ALŽBĚTA: I kept telling myself I wasn’t good enough, that I couldn’t do it, so I didn’t even try to get off that street.
SERIES – STORIES OF WOMEN WITH FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF IMPRISONMENT Reintegration into society is extremely difficult for every former prisoner. You can read about how
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Story no. 1 – LUCIE: I hope that one day the children will ring the doorbell.
SERIES – STORIES OF WOMEN WITH FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF IMPRISONMENT One of the key themes for many incarcerated women is their children. Although parenting naturally
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