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WEEK 3: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
TODAY'S CHALLENGE: WOMEN IN PRISON
Over the past 30 years, the trend of confining more women to federal, state and local correction facilities has exploded at an increase of 700%. Today we will discuss how anecdotal and antiquated healthcare policies, harsher disciplinary consequences and unmet needs, while incarcerated and post-release, perpetuates a cycle of generational imprisonment, poverty and trauma for women and families.
WE CHALLENGE YOU TO TAKE...
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A recent study of 22 U.S. state prison systems and all U.S. federal prisons, found that roughly 3.8% of the women in their sample were pregnant when they entered prison. Read this article to see how prisons neglect pregnant women in their healthcare policies.
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Listen to this investigation , which finds that in prisons across the U.S. , women are disciplined more often than men and almost always for low-level, non-violent offenses.
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Read this article on the cycle of poverty, trauma and the unmet needs of women in jail and after release, to understand how the criminal justice system exploits the poor and vulnerable.
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