CRM 2309 Lecture 5: Week 6
9 Mar 2017
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Source: aging, women, and health: from pains of imprisonment to the pains of reintegration. Breast cancer (higher levels of cancer in general) Moral stigma attached to women prisoners: you"re a (cid:373)other goi(cid:374)g to priso(cid:374, you"re preg(cid:374)a(cid:374)t goi(cid:374)g to priso(cid:374, many of these women are grandmothers by the time they are released. Extant research: links to aging women, release and identity. Employment and housing: little money given more living and rent. Reunited with families (shaw, 1991; office of the auditor general, 2003, holtfreter, reisig & Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s health & so(cid:272)ial issues: cataracts were not treated until they got out or on parole, no education on menopause or osteoporosis (limited to prison pamphlets) Literacy and language barriers: addiction, tendency to self medicate, gambling. Mental deterioration of imprisonment & fear: coping with isolation, remain in a closed in environment to watch the world (safety, desire for community involvement and counseling, mobility issues (accessibility) Access to services in prison and in community:
