What Are The Difficulties Women Face Behind Bars
Difficulties women face behind bars
Perry B Keaton
Women Crime and Criminal Justice - 2
Instructor: Fabrienne McDowell
September 5, 2015
Difficulties women face behind bars -1
In today society women are gaining ground with their fellow men when it comes to them being incarcerated. So that brings me to the first question of this week individual assignment. What major differences do you find in the treatment of men versus women while incarcerated? When it comes to men and women in prison there is a difference between the two in the way they react.
For instance for men in the prison system they tend to externalize stress, which in prison produces more physical aggression and combative behavior. But on the other hand women react to the same situation differently by engage in self-harming behavior such …show more content…
. Over 200,000 women are behind bars, most of them women of color. Hispanic women are incarcerated nearly twice the rate of white women, and black women are incarcerated at four times the rate of white women.
After reading and researching I came upon a very good interesting fact that I did not realize. And I discover the very first American women prison was built in Ossining, New York.
Is there still a gap between men's and women's treatment while incarcerated? Why or why not? The answer to the question is yes. Women in prison are still not receiving the same equitable rights as their male counterpart. For instance Women in correctional institutions are not provided comparable services, educational programs, or facilities as men prisoners. Inequities are most prevalent in State institutions, but they also exist in Federal and local correctional
Perry B Keaton
Women Crime and Criminal Justice - 2
Instructor: Fabrienne McDowell
September 5, 2015
Difficulties women face behind bars -1
In today society women are gaining ground with their fellow men when it comes to them being incarcerated. So that brings me to the first question of this week individual assignment. What major differences do you find in the treatment of men versus women while incarcerated? When it comes to men and women in prison there is a difference between the two in the way they react.
For instance for men in the prison system they tend to externalize stress, which in prison produces more physical aggression and combative behavior. But on the other hand women react to the same situation differently by engage in self-harming behavior such …show more content…
. Over 200,000 women are behind bars, most of them women of color. Hispanic women are incarcerated nearly twice the rate of white women, and black women are incarcerated at four times the rate of white women.
After reading and researching I came upon a very good interesting fact that I did not realize. And I discover the very first American women prison was built in Ossining, New York.
Is there still a gap between men's and women's treatment while incarcerated? Why or why not? The answer to the question is yes. Women in prison are still not receiving the same equitable rights as their male counterpart. For instance Women in correctional institutions are not provided comparable services, educational programs, or facilities as men prisoners. Inequities are most prevalent in State institutions, but they also exist in Federal and local correctional