SOCY 389 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gartner, Count Data, Chain Gang
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Womens used to be housed with men. Controversy: they should have separate treatments - women moved into federal high level security because it was the only one that was open. Lack of programs and gender specific programs. Far away from their families; disrupted, less likely to have contact with children. Inquiry in the prison for women in the mid 1990s. It said the facilities were outdated, lack of resources. Only benefit for prison for women - rates of sexual assault much lower. Women have higher rates of suicide and self mutilation. Led to the closing of the kingston prison. Critical off of the punitive, harsh, environment of the prison. New penology > imprisonment as one of the best ways to deal with crime, also emphasize short term imprisonment, reemphasis on integration, risk assessment. They found particularly in the us, growing imprisonment for women. Women more likely to be sent to prison, where previously they would not have.