NCJ Number
16640
Journal
CRIME AND CORRECTIONS Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Dated: (FALL 1973) Pages: 4-12
Date Published
1973
Length
9 pages
Annotation
CONDITIONS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR WOMEN, REACTIONS OF FEMALE INMATES TO THESE CONDITIONS, PRISON STRIKES AND RIOTS IN WOMEN'S INSTUTITIONS, AND SOME INNOVATIONS IN THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM FOR WOMEN ARE DISCUSSED.
Abstract
THE INCREASES IN FEMALE CRIMINALITY AND THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY A GROWING FEMALE INMATE POPULATION ARE FIRST EXPLORED. PRISON CONDITIONS IN FEMALE INSTITUTIONS IN GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ILLINOIS AND IOWA ARE DESCRIBED, DEMONSTRATING A WIDE RANGE OF PRISON TYPES. LITTLE PUBLICIZED STRIKES AND RIOTS CONDUCTED BY FEMALE INMATES IN ORDER TO PROTEST PRISON CONDITIONS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. INNOVATIONS SUCH AS THE COED PRISON, INMATE COUNCILS, AND ALLOWING FEMALE PRISONERS TO KEEP THEIR BABIES WHILE IN PRISON ARE DISCUSSED AS WELL.