Many female offenders are usually charged with drug related crimes. Even one out of three women in prison are in there because of drug related crimes. For the women that don't have to go to prison they are considered low risk offenders. With the label of "low risk" women are diverted from the criminal justice system though some type of community resource program. The problem isn't the fact that these women aren't going to prison, the problem is their treatment. Being low risk the women are not supervised, as they should be. Low risk offenders are only required to do the bare minimum, this usually means a few sessions of treatment, and a few hours in rehab. Nothing any average person can not do. But what we must learn is that low risk usually means low commitment. Low commitment plus the special needs of women contribute to the problems that women face in the community. .
Another problem is that all of our laws and regulations are based on a male ideology. Many people back then thought it would be ok to just add the word women in every rule. But we now know that kit doesn't work that way. Women and men are totally different and the need to be regulated differently. Great emphasis on treatment and attention are bases on male ideology. Therefore we need to concentrate on the special needs that female offenders require. Interdependence, attachment, and support should be a critical issue for us to address. .
To solve this problem that women face in the community I would increase supervision on low risk offenders. I want them to know even though they are low risk they still have to prove to me that they have changed. I would concentrate on education, and try to get them some vocational skills that they can use to get out of the "pink collar ghetto." (Women being stuck in lower status paying jobs) I want to give them something that they can use for as long as they can remember.
There is no doubt that America has changed dramatically over the years, especially in the correctional system. ... It wasn't just men in jail, women and children as well. ... Women and children were often shipped to other countries and sold off as slaves. ... From the 1800's till now there has been a significant amount of changes in the correctional system. ...
For example, in 1966 the male guards at the Federal Reformatory for women in Alderson, West Virginia did jobs that did not involve the women inmates. ... As time went on more and more men were hired at women's prisons all over. ... (An Analysis of the Employment of Males Correction Officers in Prisons for Women: Linda Zupan) In women prisons all over America the women complain of male corrections officers refusing to leave their cells so they can dress, touching their breasts and other parts of their bodies. The male corrections officers would pull down their pants in front of the wom...
Sexual misconduct and various forms of abuse and neglect of women inmates so pervade the U.S. correctional systems that human rights violations are virtually a daily part of prison life (Rights For All). ... At the hands of correctional officers they face widespread sexual abuse ranging from unauthorized body frisks to rape. ... The correction system has failed to adjust to the gender-specific needs of the population. ... Grievance or investigatory procedures, where they exist, are often ineffectual, and correctional employees continue to engage in abuse because they believe they will...
According to the Criminal Justice Consortium of the California Department of Corrections, in 1996 77.6 percent of women in California Prisons were incarcerated for non-violent offenses. ... African American women are also more likely to receive stiffer fines and more jail time then white women. ... The California Department of Corrections failed to implement this program which led to a lawsuit filed by the Legal Services for Prisoners with Children in 1985. After years of legal battles, in 1990 the court decided that the Department of Corrections would create seven programs throughout the sta...
Women are the fastest growing population in prisons today. ... However, other pregnancy related risks come directly from the correctional policies and environmental setting. Primarily correctional institutions were designed and run by male professionals to meet the needs of male inmates. "With the increasingly growing population of incarcerated women, especially pregnant women there is a greater risk of more complex medical problems a fact that the male-oriented correctional systems fail to recognize" (Acoca, 1998). ... (Acoca & Austin, 1996) Finally women's correctional instit...
Women in Prison I recently had the opportunity to learn about women in prison and how they cope with everyday life. The three women I learned about were Michelle, Sherri and Kati. They have been incarcerated at Cambridge Springs State Correctional Institution for two, seven and nine years. ... She was arrested and sent to Cambridge Springs Correctional Institution for deception and also for writing bad checks. ... Different women may react differently when faced with the tough decisions that these three women have been subjected to. ...
The first Monterey Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility (SICF) received their first inmates on September 10, 1987. ... According to the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1997, There are only seven states that offer this program to women, New York is one of seven states and holds the most women with one hundred and eighty beds available. ... I Tennessee judges can sentence an offender to mandatory shock incarceration, however, the Department of Corrections can also recommend an inmate. ... All convicted offenders who are legally eligible for shock incarceration are sent to ...
The first Monterey Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility (SICF) received their first inmates on September 10, 1987. ... According to the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1997, There are only seven states that offer this program to women, New York is one of seven states and holds the most women with one hundred and eighty beds available. ... I Tennessee judges can sentence an offender to mandatory shock incarceration, however, the Department of Corrections can also recommend an inmate. ... All convicted offenders who are legally eligible for shock incarceration are sent to ...
Ashley had been placed in a psychiatric facility for women but received no help as she was transferred before anything could be done. They had said that Ashley had too many behavioural problems and they could not handle her and her outburst that she was the most dangerous women they had ever had in the institute. ... The correctional officers would then come in and cut it off of her. ... By 7:10 a.m., correctional officers and a nurse perform CPR. ... The correctional officers are not typically trained in mental health. ...