Female Inmates
Female inmates face unique challenges and needs within the correctional system. This directory provides articles and resources on healthcare, rehabilitation programs, and gender-specific policies that impact women in prison. Understanding these issues is crucial for correctional staff to ensure appropriate care and management. For more information on inmate-specific concerns, visit our section on Probation and Parole.
The Justice Department will pay an average of about $1.1 million to each of 103 women who sued the Bureau of Prisons over their treatment at FCI Dublin
The College of Southern Nevada’s program at Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center highlights the impact of education on reducing recidivism
The New Path program gives women at Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center the tools to pursue cosmetology careers upon release
“The main thing is access to services and (being) closer to their family,” Leann Bertsch, director of The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said
The lawsuit claims men on work release status are granted significantly greater freedom, privileges and opportunities than women
The state hopes to complete training of union and contractual employees by next summer
Across Texas, the number of women awaiting trial in county jails has jumped by 48 percent since 2011
Several jail employees, including four supervisors, have been put on paid leave while Bernalillo County authorities investigate the use of tear gas and a Taser to restrain an inmate
American Civil Liberties Union lawyers are representing her, alleging cruel and unusual punishment, a failure to properly train jail staff and intentional infliction of emotional distress
The singer performed solo Wednesday for about 2,300 inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women
Although adult women comprise about 7 percent of the total U.S. correctional population, they encounter more challenges than their male counterparts
A federal judge is considering a lawsuit filed by an Alabama inmate who wants out of jail temporarily so she can get an abortion
Jennifer Hyatte fatally shot Ofc. Wayne Morgan on August 9, 2005
Officer was able to radio for back up during the attack, inmates were subdued
Focuses on the real-life stories of six women serving time in a maximum-security state prison
A new vocational class for female inmates hopes to arm them with skills to use once they’re released
Suit details reports of serial rape and sexual abuse by eight correctional officers at the all-female Rose M. Singer Center
Settlement would prohibit male guards from videotaping strip searches of female inmates
The Family Preservation Project is the most expensive program the Department of Corrections has
None of the injuries were described as life-threatening
The video was taken by defense lawyer Bill Gelin, who said that the deputy was dragging Dasyl Rios “like she was a farm animal”
Believed she had hidden a bottle of urine in her vagina so she could falsify a drug test
The campaign, titled “Freedom Tattoo,” helps inmates move on without visual reminder of their past
New Expectations is a group home in Newark for expectant or new mothers recovering from addiction
Union: “There is simply not enough staff to maintain order and safely house and rehabilitate the inmate population”
Renovations to convert the Davis Center into a 24-bed female juvenile correctional facility were halted after questions were raised regarding vacant beds and difficulties maintaining adequate staffing at the Rubenstein Center
Sheriff Tom McCool says the women don’t work because he doesn’t have enough staff to supervise the inmates
Deal resolves allegations that women at the prison are subjected to sexual victimization by correctional staff and other prisoners
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn ordered the closing of the Dwight Correctional Center last year as a cost-cutting move
13 female inmates performed a deeply moving dance and poetry piece they helped write
Fighting an increase of 600 percent in female incarceration in the last 30 years
3 women have sued motel owner and the director of the halfway house, saying they were repeatedly sexually assaulted
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