Prison and probation bosses will go to tender soon for the construction of a “step-down” facility for female offenders.... “An estimated 85% of women in prison have addictions, with a much higher prevalence of mental health issues and histories of abuse outside prison.”.....
Women’s prisons occupy a unique position in many correctional systems: they are the proverbial thorn...
Aims: Court liaison services aim to reduce mental illness in prison through early treatment and/or d...
Females are becoming a prominent population within America’s correctional facilities, which has led ...
Two hundred and one randomly selected female inmates incarcerated at a municipal jail were interview...
offenses has dramatically increased. This surge has led to a large portion of the female prison popu...
Background Female prisoners in Scotland have been found to have higher levels of drug dependence whe...
Most women in jail serve time in facilities that also house men. However, there are 18 jails nationa...
There has been a significant increase in the number of women being sent to jail in recent years, lea...
Females incarcerated for drug-related offenses represent one of the fastest growing populations with...
Women offenders constitute a small minority of prisoners in England and Wales, but also the sub-grou...
In 1998, women comprised 22 % (3.2 million) of annual arrests in the U.S. Between 1990 and 1998, the...
Health problems comprise some of the most important concerns about female offend-ers today. In compa...
With increasing rates of female imprisonment, and female prisoner re-imprisonment rates of 33% for f...
Research has demonstrated that there is a strong relationship between sub-stance abuse and various f...
The needs of women offenders may be qualitatively different than the needs of male offenders. The “p...
Women’s prisons occupy a unique position in many correctional systems: they are the proverbial thorn...
Aims: Court liaison services aim to reduce mental illness in prison through early treatment and/or d...
Females are becoming a prominent population within America’s correctional facilities, which has led ...
Two hundred and one randomly selected female inmates incarcerated at a municipal jail were interview...
offenses has dramatically increased. This surge has led to a large portion of the female prison popu...
Background Female prisoners in Scotland have been found to have higher levels of drug dependence whe...
Most women in jail serve time in facilities that also house men. However, there are 18 jails nationa...
There has been a significant increase in the number of women being sent to jail in recent years, lea...
Females incarcerated for drug-related offenses represent one of the fastest growing populations with...
Women offenders constitute a small minority of prisoners in England and Wales, but also the sub-grou...
In 1998, women comprised 22 % (3.2 million) of annual arrests in the U.S. Between 1990 and 1998, the...
Health problems comprise some of the most important concerns about female offend-ers today. In compa...
With increasing rates of female imprisonment, and female prisoner re-imprisonment rates of 33% for f...
Research has demonstrated that there is a strong relationship between sub-stance abuse and various f...
The needs of women offenders may be qualitatively different than the needs of male offenders. The “p...
Women’s prisons occupy a unique position in many correctional systems: they are the proverbial thorn...
Aims: Court liaison services aim to reduce mental illness in prison through early treatment and/or d...
Females are becoming a prominent population within America’s correctional facilities, which has led ...