For example, black offenders receive longer sentences than white offenders once convicted. The U.S. Sentencing Commission has said that in the federal system, black offenders receive sentences 10 percent longer than white offenders for the same crimes. The Sentencing Project reports that African Americans are 21% more likely to receive mandatory minimum sentences than white defendants and 20% more likely to be sentenced to prison. Additionally, the number of incarcerated women has increased by 800 percent over the past three decades, with women of color disproportionately represented. While the number of women imprisoned is generally low, the racial and ethnic disparities are surprising. African American women are three times more likely than white women to be imprisoned, while Hispanic women are 69% more likely than white women to be imprisoned.