As I have said before on this thread ,I think, females (and tbh many of the males) commit crimes of poverty. The most commonly prosecuted female crime is shoplifting. A woman is also more likely to be prosecuted for shoplifting and meter fiddling than an equivalent man. So many women (and quite a lot of men) are locked up for things that therapeutic practices and otehr interventions would prevent. Rates of recidivism are huge (presumably because the underlying issues have not been addressed at all) , too, so locking them up achieves nothing.
Jimmy McGovern and Ken Loach have both looked with huge compassion at these issues.