17.5%

Gene Perry // May 16, 2014 // Updated: May 16, 2014
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Percentage of inmates at Mabel Bassett Correctional Facility, an Oklahoma women’s prison, who reported being sexually assaulted while incarcerated, the highest percentage at any prison in the US.

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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