CJ 3302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Temporary Assistance For Needy Families
25 Apr 2017
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Women"s prisons are different in atmosphere than men"s prisons: less violence, more emotional. Different social interactions and norms, few gangs. Women more commonly associate in cliques and smaller groups. Pseudo-families develop where inmates take the roles of father, mother and children - ll the need for relationships women are denied while in prison. Current research indicates more fragmented kinship and less reliance on pseudo-families. An inmate code exists but is adhered to less strictly in women"s prisons. Various sexual relationships exist in female prisons but the most common in a consensual relationship between two female inmates. Bjs survey research based on the prea found about 6% of female inmates report sexual victimization. Various scandals have occurred in several jurisdictions relating to male correctional of cers sexually mistreating female inmates. A continuum of sexual misbehavior starting with sexually inappropriate comments, watching nude inmates, sexual requests and some extreme cases of outright sexual assault.
