The Institute on Women & Criminal Justice wishes to thank some of the individuals who helped to make this report possible. They include:

Dr. Dina Rose, who was the Director of Research at WPA at the time at which this report was conceived, and who made major contributions to its initial design

Dawn Wiest and Venezia Michalsen, for their early work in data collection and shaping of the report;

Nickie D. Phillips, for her work with Dr. Frost to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the data used in Part II of the report;

Jason Ziedenberg, Executive Director, and Laura Jones, Director of Public Affairs and Special Projects of the Justice Policy Institute, for the guidance they offered over the course of producing and releasing this report;

Natalia Kennedy for her assistance in the communications plan for the report;

Keita de Souza and Mickey Lambert for their careful stewardship of the production of HARD HIT; and

The JEHT Foundation and the Open Society Institute for their generous support of the Institute on Women & Criminal Justice.

Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the Institute on Women & Criminal Justice and the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the JEHT Foundation or the Open Society Institute.

HARD HIT: The Growth in the Imprisonment of Women, 1977 - 2004 designed by Lynn Riley and Kenneth Wajda of Lynn Riley Design, Inc.

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