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| the first prison constructed for women in the United States; built in 1839 close to the Sing Sing (New York) Prison for men |
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| their state purpose was to remove impressionable youth, mainly boys, but also girls, from the contamination that association with more hardened adult prisoners might bring |
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| one who believes that the problem for girls & women involved in crime lies more with the social structure around them & that the solution lies in preparing them for an alternate existence so that they do not turn to crime |
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| women & girls are often seen as doubly deviant when they engage in crime because they have violated social gender rule expectations |
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| involves the attitudes, beliefs, & behaviors that value men & boys over women & girls |
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| meaning: "women pose a lower safety risk than men" |
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| women do not riot, they don't assault each other or staff as much, & when they do, they do less damage |
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| meaning: "women's pathways to criminal justice are different than men's" |
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| they are much more likely to be prior victims of abuse & to be impoverished before incarceration than men |
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| meaning: "women's engagement in criminal behavior is often related to their connections with others" |
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| they commit crimes with crime partners & usually those are the men in their lives |
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| meaning: "women entering jails & prisons often report histories of victimization & trauma, & continue to be vulnerable to victimization within correctional settings" |
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| this history makes them more susceptible to substance abuse, mental illness, & targeting by predators as future victims |
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| meaning: "correctional policies & practices have largely been developed through the lens of managing men, not women" |
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| the risk, needs, & responsivity issues so key to constructing programming that 'works' are not adequately addressed for women |
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| meaning: "jail & prison classification systems can result in unreliable custody designations & over-classification of female inmates" |
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| women will be held in more secure facilities & sections of facilities than is necessary |
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| meaning: "gender-informed risk assessment tools can more accurately identify women's risk & needs" |
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| assessment might be more accurate, & thus result in more effective programming, if it fits the reality of women rather than men |
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| meaning: "transition & reentry from jail to the community can be challenging for women" |
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| reentry programming should be geared to address their particular needs, which are often similar to men's, but not always |
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| meaning: "the cost of overly involving women in criminal justice is high" |
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| not only are we incarcerating or overly supervising people who are in less need of it, we are stymieing the ability of these women to grow & develop in a prosocial manner, we are depriving children of their mothers, & we are costing the taxpayers approximately twice the amount of money as it takes to incarcerate men for someone who is usually less of a threat to the community |
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| 3 particularly problematic issues for women in the corrections workplace |
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1. whether women's rights to equal employment in male correctional facilities are more important than male inmates' rights to privacy in those same facilities
2. whether women are physically & mentally suited to do correctional work with men
3. how to deal with sexual & gender harassment - primarily from other staff - while on the job |
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| quid pro quo sexual harassment |
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| involves something for something, as in you give your boss sexual favors & he allows you to keep your job |
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| occurs when the workplace is sexualized with jokes, pictures, or in other ways that are offensive to one gender |
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