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1  Structured activities are required   How the riot spread   That is punishment?

2  In prison, everyone is punished for a riot, but most are innocent  Learning behavior through  Other things that could be taken away: ◦

3  Hierarchy of power ◦  Staff styles  Cost control  Staff not doing their jobs  Inmate resources

4  Physical design  Overcrowding  Prisoner ◦  Drugs  Racism

5  Gangs ◦  Prisoner-on-Prisoner theft  Lack of consistence or stability for the inmates  “The Pains of Imprisonment”

6  Constitute 6.6% of entire US prison population  Prisons are smaller, with looser security and less structured relationships ◦ Underground economy less well-developed ◦ Less committed to inmate code  Many women’s prisons have outward appearance of a college campus  Women are less likely to be sentenced for violent offenses and they receive shorter sentences than men  Typically young, minority group members, unmarried, and undereducated

7 Characteristics of Female Inmates in State Prisons

8  Female prisoners tend to form pseudo- families  Female prisons less violent, less involved in gang activity, and less racial tension  Higher levels of mistrust among women  Males stress autonomy, self-sufficiency, and ability to cope with one’s own problems  Differences between male and female subcultures ascribed to nurturing, maternal qualities of women

9  Sexual misconduct ◦ States have enacted statutes prohibiting sexual misconduct with correctional clients  Educational and vocational training ◦ Gender stereotypes shape vocational programs  Medical services ◦ Lack proper medical services, but women tend to have more serious health problems  Mothers and their children ◦ Over 65% of female inmates have children


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