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14 Feb 2011, 8:53 am by brian
The state incarcerates 134 women per capita, compared to the national average of 69, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. [read post]
19 Jul 2019, 1:48 pm by Apsosredesign
The US Department of Justice released a report in 2006 that stated up to 79% of women in jail are mothers and according to a 2009 article from the National Conference of State Legislatures, up to 77% of these women are the primary caregivers. [read post]
20 Dec 2007, 2:20 pm
State announces reforms to combat abuse in women's prisons, Seattle P-I, Dec. 20, 2007. [read post]
11 Sep 2012, 7:25 am by Ann Bartow
There is also some comparative information including the claim that women are not shackled during childbirth in Chinese prisons, and this: In the United States and in China, women now account for about 9 percent and 6 percent of inmates, respectively, Mr. [read post]
There, she stated, “In general, any prisoner who poses a threat of sexual offending will be segregated from other prisoners, including during any period of assessment. [read post]
9 Feb 2018, 7:30 am
Prisons in the state restrict female hygiene products, risking prisoners’ health and violating their dignity. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 2:06 pm by Mie Lewis, Women's Rights Project
Hayman, began in 2007, when the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) moved about 40 women prisoners from a women's prison to an oppressive "prison-within-a-prison," inside a men's maximum security prison. [read post]
25 Mar 2019, 11:29 am by [email protected]
The post Committee Eyes Better Conditions for Women Held in Texas Prisons appeared first on Dallas Criminal Defense Attorneys |State & Federal Lawyers. [read post]
25 Mar 2019, 11:29 am by [email protected]
The post Committee Eyes Better Conditions for Women Held in Texas Prisons appeared first on Dallas Criminal Defense Attorneys |State & Federal Lawyers. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 2:30 pm
Twenty-five percent of the women in state prisons are serving nonviolent convictions related to drugs. [read post]
27 Dec 2018, 7:00 pm
However, this rule will not apply to the roughly 60 percent of women in state prisons and 80 percent of women in local jails who are mothers with minor children. [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 11:59 am by Clint
Recently the Dallas Morning News reported on how investigators say a state prisoner has admitted to raping two women at gunpoint during a robbery in 2005. [read post]
23 Aug 2023, 5:51 am by Tracy Thomas
(forthcoming 2023) For American women and nonbinary people held in women’s prisons, sexual violence by state actors is, and has always been, part of imprisonment. [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 4:00 pm
Tutwiler is the only women's prison in the state and houses about 900 inmates, more than double its capacity. [read post]
New Zealand Minister of Corrections Kelvin Davis ordered an overhaul of women’s prisons in the country on Sunday. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 12:27 pm by Amy Fettig, National Prison Project
There is a terrible irony in the experience of incarcerated women: the lives of abuse and subordination that frequently brought them to prison are most often replicated behind prison walls. [read post]
Now, with the support of organizations like the Rhode Island State Nurses Association, the Rhode Island Medical Society, Rhode Island NOW, and other local advocacy groups, we are proud to say that the ACLU of Rhode Island lobbied successfully to protect the rights of pregnant women in our jails and prisons. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 3:00 pm
In Wyoming, only men can access a program that can reduce their time in prison, and the state sees nothing wrong with that. [read post]