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When it comes to America’s incarceration population, women make up just roughly 10% of those behind bars according to data from the Prison Policy institute.

But due to the smaller number of women in prisons across the country, the penal system is not designed with the health and wellness needs of women in mind. A new bipartisan bill in the House, introduced by Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., and Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. seeks to change that.