The Female Prisoner

1964 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyllis Haslam
Keyword(s):  
Female Prisoner

Deterioration and the long term prisoner: a descriptive analysis of Myra Hindley

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-126
Author(s):  
Mark Pettigrew
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Prison Sentence ◽  
Female Prisoner ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Life Without Parole ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Natural Life

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore supposed inevitable personal decline for long-term prisoners, particularly those serving a sentence of life without parole. Design/methodology/approach – Using the prison records of a life without parole sentenced prisoner. Findings – Findings suggest that prisoner deterioration is not inevitable in a whole life prison sentence. Research limitations/implications – Findings are based on one account, of a female prisoner. Practical implications – Distinct services and support are required for those with a natural life prison sentence. Originality/value – To date, there is limited research of prisoners serving life without parole, particularly the mental health implications of denying a prisoner future parole.

scholarly journals Motivasi Perempuan Pelaku Pembunuhan (Studi Kasus pada Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Perempuan Kelas IIA Palembang)

Wajah Hukum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Nabila Nabila
Keyword(s):  
Correctional Facility ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Female Prisoner ◽  
Female Prisoners ◽  
Psychological Conditions ◽  
Ways Of Life

Prisoners' life is a pattern of activities or activities carried out for inmates and grouped in a place that is not free (movement) as a form of being responsible for all their actions in order to lead them to correct actions according to law and religion in the hope that they can repent and regret everything his actions when he is free later. The term for female prisoners who are fostered in a correctional facility is a prisoner or a correctional client. The crime of murder committed by a woman is indeed very hard to believe during human civilization on this earth. The life that is lived by a female prisoner in a correctional facility often causes her to face various psychological problems, including the loss of her personality as a result of rules and ways of life that are very different from life lived outside the Penitentiary. This study aims to determine what the motivation of a woman to commit a murder crime and how to deal with the psychological conditions of female prisoners who commit a murder crime.

scholarly journals The Cycle of Female Prisoner (Re)Integration: Pathways, criminal justice and imprisonment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Hannah Bentley
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Female Offender ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Female Prisoner ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Treatment Services ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
First Time ◽  
Gender Specific

<p>With increasing rates of female imprisonment, and female prisoner re-imprisonment rates of 33% for first time prisoners and 48% for recidivist prisoners within four years, women’s experiences of (re)integration are in need of examination. Issues of abuse, addiction, economic, social and political deprivation and poor education are not only seen to underpin women’s pathways into crime, but also the treatment of female offenders within a system that has redefined their welfare needs as risks. Using a feminist, qualitative methodology that provides often unheard women with a voice, semi-structured interviews were conducted with female ex-prisoners and those who work with women once released from prison. Interviews examined women’s experiences of release and the areas that contribute to successful or unsuccessful (re)integration. Findings reveal that support networks, release conditions, employment, accommodation and treatment services are key factors that either help or hinder women’s (re)integration. Consistent with literature on women’s (re)integration, interviews further revealed that female offender pathways are not addressed prior to, during, or after release from prison. To address such problems, this thesis argues that collaborative, holistic, gender-specific programmes, that are tailored to meet women’s daily needs and experiences, are required both within the community and prisons.</p>

The Development and Validation of a Classification System Predicting Severe and Frequent Prison Misconduct

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-200
Author(s):  
Grant Duwe
Keyword(s):  
Area Under The Curve ◽  
Predictive Performance ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Female Prisoner ◽  
Prison Misconduct ◽  
Test Sets ◽  
High Level ◽  
Multiple Metrics ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Gender Specific

This study presents the results from the development and validation of a fully automated, gender-specific risk assessment system designed to predict severe and frequent prison misconduct on a recurring, semiannual basis. K-fold and split-population methods were applied to train and test the predictive models. Regularized logistic regression was the classifier used on the training and test sets that contained 35,506 males and 3,849 females who were released from Minnesota prisons between 2006 and 2011. Using multiple metrics, the results showed the models achieved a relatively high level of predictive performance. For example, the average area under the curve (AUC) was 0.832 for the female prisoner models and 0.836 for the male prisoner models. The findings provide support for the notion that better predictive performance can be obtained by developing assessments that are customized to the population on which they will be used.

Chinese culture and its influence on female prisoner behavior in the prisoner–guard relationship

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu Liu ◽  
Wing Hong Chui
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Female Prisoner ◽  
Female Prisoners ◽  
Multiple Strategies

Although scholars have shown continuing interest in studying prisoner behavior, relatively few studies focus on Chinese female prisoners’ behavior in the prisoner–guard relationship. In this study, 65 semi-structured interviews were conducted with both female prisoners and guards to document Chinese culture’s influence on female prisoners’ behavior. According to the findings, female prisoners mainly choose to maintain good guanxi (interpersonal relationships) with guards, in order to pragmatically maximize the benefits of these relationships. In addition to this, based on personalism and pragmatism, they usually act in an individualistic manner, instead of forming prisoner sub-cultures. These findings suggest that Chinese female prisoners use multiple strategies to manage their relationships with guards, tending to employ methods centered on the notion of guanxi.

scholarly journals The Cycle of Female Prisoner (Re)Integration: Pathways, criminal justice and imprisonment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Hannah Bentley
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Female Offender ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Female Prisoner ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Treatment Services ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
First Time ◽  
Gender Specific

<p>With increasing rates of female imprisonment, and female prisoner re-imprisonment rates of 33% for first time prisoners and 48% for recidivist prisoners within four years, women’s experiences of (re)integration are in need of examination. Issues of abuse, addiction, economic, social and political deprivation and poor education are not only seen to underpin women’s pathways into crime, but also the treatment of female offenders within a system that has redefined their welfare needs as risks. Using a feminist, qualitative methodology that provides often unheard women with a voice, semi-structured interviews were conducted with female ex-prisoners and those who work with women once released from prison. Interviews examined women’s experiences of release and the areas that contribute to successful or unsuccessful (re)integration. Findings reveal that support networks, release conditions, employment, accommodation and treatment services are key factors that either help or hinder women’s (re)integration. Consistent with literature on women’s (re)integration, interviews further revealed that female offender pathways are not addressed prior to, during, or after release from prison. To address such problems, this thesis argues that collaborative, holistic, gender-specific programmes, that are tailored to meet women’s daily needs and experiences, are required both within the community and prisons.</p>

scholarly journals Maternidade no cárcere: desafios do sistema carcerário brasileiro

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (39) ◽  
Author(s):  
Júlia Meneses da Cunha Ramos ◽  
Grasielle Borges Vieira de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Prison System ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Female Prisoner ◽  
Gestational Period ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government ◽  
Implementation Of Standards

RESUMOO presente artigo tem por objeto analisar os desafios da maternidade no ambiente intramuros - compreendendo o período gestacional, parto e pós-parto – e trata da violência de gênero no contexto prisional, uma vez que não são atendidas as particularidades da mulher, especificamente no exercício da maternidade. O estudo também abordará o tema sob a perspectiva da clara inobservância da Proteção Integral da criança e da convivência familiar. Diante das razões, ficou constatado o descaso do Estado em efetivar as normas que visam garantir a proteção da dignidade humana da presa e seu (sua) filho (a). Os meios utilizados foram a revisão bibliográfica, pesquisa jurisprudencial, a análise de legislações específicas, trabalhos científicos e documentos relacionados ao tema, como acordos internacionais e dados estatísticos de relatórios de órgãos oficiais. PALAVRAS-CHAVECárcere. Maternidade. Sistema carcerário brasileiro. ABSTRACTThis paper aims to analyze the challenges of motherhood in the prison system - comprehending the gestational period, childbirth and postpartum - and deals with gender violence in the prison context, since the particularities of women are not attended, specifically in the exercise of motherhood. The study will also approach the subject from the perspective of the evident non-compliance of the Comprehensive Protection of children and family coexistence. In view of the facts, it was verified the disregard of the government about the implementation of standards that would guarantee the protection of the human dignity of the female prisoner and her child. The methods were the bibliographic review, jurisprudential research, the analysis of specific legislation, scientific papers and documents related to the subject, such as international agreements and statistical data of official agency reports. KEYWORDSPrison. Motherhood. Brazilian prison system. 

The landscape of maternal imprisonment: caregiving and family life

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Natalie Booth
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Prison Population ◽  
Parental Responsibility ◽  
Female Prisoner ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Daily Care

This chapter provides an overview of maternal imprisonment. The prison population in England and Wales is twice as large as it was in 1993. On any one day, just under 4,000 women are detained in prisons serving England and Wales; meanwhile, 8,000 women entered prison in 2017. When applying a family-centred lens to analyse these trends, a critical concern is the significant repercussions that this brings to the whole family because as the female prisoner population grows, so does the number of children separated from their mothers requiring replacement caregivers. However, being in prison does not remove a mother's willingness to continue mothering or automatically strip her of her legal parental responsibility in England and Wales. Instead, it is by virtue of the detainment that being imprisoned significantly alters, if not compromises, many of the roles and practices that a mother had previously undertaken. Most notably, this includes the daily care of children. The chapter then looks at the reallocation of caregiving following maternal imprisonment.

Safeguarding children during the arrest of their primary carer mothers: The role of the police

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 434-450
Author(s):  
Miaomiao He ◽  
Catherine Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Female Prisoner ◽  
Police Responses ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Primary Carer

In Australia, the female prisoner population is expanding, with the majority also being mothers of dependent children. Research has demonstrated that witnessing the arrest of a family member, particularly a parent, can have both an immediate and long-term impact on children’s well-being. Yet, little is known about what causes these outcomes and how children are responded to by police during the arrest process. The aim of this study is to investigate incarcerated primary carer mothers’ perspectives on their arrest circumstances, its impact on their children, and police responses to their children during the arrest process. This study draws on secondary data from 36 primary carer mothers arrested in Victoria, which were originally gathered for an Australian Research Council-funded project. Results show that in around one-half of cases children are present at their mothers’ arrest. The location and time of the arrest can mediate children’s involvement in the arrest scene. Overall, police do not respond well to these children, with discussion between police officers and the mothers about suitable care for children occurring in less than two-thirds of cases. It can be concluded that children’s needs are not fully addressed at the arrest process. More child-sensitive arrest practices are recommended.

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