As such. women are exposed to higher rates of homelessness and violence without adequate protections in place in shelters and housing support options. Women in detention facilities throughout the country are also experiencing increasingly high rates of overincarceration. sexual violence. shackling while pregnant. solitary confinement. lack of alternative custodial sentencing for women with dependent children. and inadequate access to health care and reentry programs. Migrant women traveling to the U.S.. many victims of trafficking and violence. including sexual violence. are kept in detention centers with children for prolonged periods of time. Notably. the criminalization of women in prostitution places them in unjust. vulnerable and stigmatized situations that are contrary to international human rights law. The U.N. has also pointed out that women. particularly black and LGBTQ women. in the U.S. experience deplorable police brutality and increased incidents of homicide by police.