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Hace 5 días · Whether it's the seminal Caged Heat, the intense Freeway, or the influential The Big Doll House, these movies experiment with perspectives, narratives, and visual styles to present a cinematic image of female incarceration that defies stereotypes and challenges expectations.
Hace 5 días · Key facts: Number of women and girls incarcerated in the U.S.: 172,700 +. Number of women jailed annually in the U.S.: 2 million +. Percent of women in U.S. prisons that are mothers: 58% +. Precent of women in U.S. jails that are mothers: 80% +. Number of pregnant people who enter jails and prisons each year: 58,000 +.
Hace 2 días · After the state’s sole women’s prison — the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women — flooded in 2016, about 1,000 incarcerated women have been held across several state prisons and local jails. Syrita Steib is the CEO of Operation Restoration, a group that provides services to incarcerated women and their families in Louisiana.
Hace 12 horas · This perspective has monopolised the discourse on religion and security in Global North prisons, considered ‘the most vulnerable institution’ for radicalisation (Khosrokhavar Citation 2017, 127). At the same time, the securitarian turn and the Muslim and terrorism alert have overshadowed the presence of other denominations in prisons and their related inner dynamics.
Hace 5 días · Women in the Criminal Justice System Briefing Sheets Sentencing Project, May, 2007 “In state prisons in 1998, 23.6% of women were identified as mentally ill, compared to 15.8% of men, while in federal prisons the proportions were 12.5% of women and 7% of men.”
Hace 5 días · Today, women make up a larger portion of the prison population than ever before. With 190,600 women currently behind bars, incarceration rates are rising twice as fast as men’s. Despite this dramatic increase, the reentry needs of formerly incarcerated women remain largely unaddressed.
Hace 5 días · Correctional health is community health. CDC provides treatment guidelines and other correctional health resources. Correctional health encompasses all aspects of health and well-being for adults and juveniles who are justice system*-involved. This starts at the point of arrest, continues at detention or incarceration, and carries ...
