Women in Prison

by Banks, Cyndi

• ISBN13: 9781576079294
• ISBN10: 1576079295
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

A concise survey of the treatment of jailed women in America since the early 1800s, their unique problems, the effect on their families, and the state of prisons today.

Author Biography

Cyndi Banks is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The History of Women's Prisons	1	(40)
Imprisoning Women	1	(1)
``Fallen Women'' in Prison	2	(1)
Women's Crime	3	(1)
Women's Imprisonment---Early Period to Reform	3	(2)
Women's Prison Reform	5	(13)
Early Period of Reform, 1840--1860	5	(2)
The Women's Reformatory Movement, 1870--1900	7	(2)
Treating Women Differently	9	(3)
Female Staff and Management	12	(2)
Prison Design: The Cottage System	14	(1)
Women's Crimes and Women Prisoners	15	(1)
Retraining Women in Reformatories	16	(2)
A Progressive Approach, 1900--1920	18	(3)
Social, Economic, and Psychological Approaches to Women's Crime	18	(1)
Preventive Approaches	19	(1)
Anti-Institutional Approach	20	(1)
The Period after 1920	21	(2)
Regional Differences	21	(1)
The Demise of the Reformatory	22	(1)
Custodial Prisons for Women, 1870--1935	23	(14)
Prison Farm Camps in the South	35	(1)
Independent Prisons for Women	36	(1)
Race and Racism in State Prisons Holding Women, 1865--1935	37	(1)
The Women's Prison System since 1935	38	(3)
Problems, Controversies, and Solutions	41	(66)
Women's Criminality	42	(6)
Race and Women's Imprisonment	44	(2)
Women and Capital Punishment	46	(1)
Female Youthful Offenders Confined in Adult Prison	47	(1)
The Experience of Imprisonment	48	(24)
Prison Subculture	49	(1)
Importing Traditional Gender Roles	50	(2)
Race	52	(1)
Self-Mutilation	52	(1)
Separation from Families	53	(2)
Prison Visiting	55	(2)
Conjugal Visits	57	(5)
Location of Women's Prisons	62	(1)
Prison Programs for Women	62	(3)
Classification	65	(2)
Discipline	67	(1)
Women Prisoners and Prison Staff	68	(1)
Sexual Abuse in Prison	69	(3)
Criminal Justice Policy Issues	72	(7)
``Three Strikes and You're Out,''	73	(1)
The ``War on Drugs,''	74	(2)
Boot Camps for Women	76	(3)
Health and Medical Issues	79	(11)
Medicalizing Women	79	(2)
Reproductive Freedom	81	(2)
Women's Medical Needs	83	(5)
HIV/AIDS	88	(2)
Legal Challenges---Equal Protection	90	(2)
Possible Solutions	92	(15)
Decriminalize Offenses for Which Women Are Imprisoned	93	(1)
Develop Community Interventions for Female Offenders	94	(1)
Avoid Confinement by Increased Use of Probation and Parole	95	(1)
Make More Use of Local Jails in the Women's Community	96	(1)
Design Treatment Programs Specifically for Women's Problems	96	(2)
Devote More Resources to the Prevention of Crimes that Result in Women's Incarceration	98	(1)
Employ Restorative Justice Options in Place of Imprisonment	98	(1)
Allow Women Prisoners to Keep Their Children in Prison	99	(8)
Voices of Women behind Bars	107	(12)
Victims of Domestic Violence	107	(1)
Crack Cocaine Users	108	(1)
Victims of Child Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Abuse	109	(1)
Prison Life	110	(7)
Guards and Inmates	115	(1)
Visiting Husbands in Prison	116	(1)
The ``Free World,''	117	(2)
Chronology	119	(6)
Guarding Women in Prison	125	(16)
Women in Corrections	125	(2)
Women Guarding Men	127	(4)
Male and Female Officers	131	(1)
Constraints Faced by Women Correctional Officers	132	(9)
People and Events	141	(22)
People	141	(15)
Clara Barton (1821--1912)	141	(1)
Maud Booth (1865--1948)	141	(1)
Zebulon Brockway (1827--1920)	142	(1)
Elizabeth Buffum Chance (1806--1899)	142	(1)
Rhoda Coffin (1826--1909)	143	(1)
Katherine Bement Davis (1860--1935)	144	(1)
Sarah Doremus (1802--1877)	144	(1)
Eliza Wood Farnham (1815--1864)	145	(1)
Ellen Foster (1840--1910)	145	(1)
Elizabeth Fry (1780--1845)	146	(1)
Margaret Fuller (1810--1850)	146	(1)
Abby Hopper Gibbons (1801--1893)	147	(1)
Emma Hall (1837--1884)	148	(1)
Mary Belle Harris (1874--1957)	148	(1)
Jessie Donaldson Hodder (1867--1931)	149	(1)
Ellen Johnson (1829--1899)	150	(1)
Caroline Kirkland (1801--1864)	151	(1)
Josephine Shaw Lowell (1843--1905)	151	(1)
Edna Mahan (1900--1986)	152	(1)
Eliza Mosher (1846--1928)	153	(1)
Catherine Sedgwick (1789--1867)	153	(1)
Sarah Smith (1814--1885)	154	(1)
Mary Surratt (1823--1865)	154	(1)
Julia Strudwick Tutwiler (1841--1916)	155	(1)
Mary Waln Wistar (1765--1843)	155	(1)
Caroline Bayard Wittpenn (1859--1932)	156	(1)
Events	156	(7)
Facts and Data	163	(16)
Women Offenders	163	(1)
Female Corrections Populations	164	(1)
Characteristics of Female Prisoners	165	(2)
Prison Expenditure	167	(1)
Gender in State Prisons	167	(12)
Massachusetts	168	(4)
Indiana	172	(2)
California	174	(5)
Directory of Organizations, Associations, and Government and International Agencies	179	(10)
Selected Print and Nonprint Resources	189	(20)
Bibliography	189	(13)
General Books	189	(3)
Criminological and Feminist Works	192	(6)
Popular Works	198	(1)
Book Chapters and Journal Articles	199	(1)
Government Publications	200	(1)
Core Periodicals	201	(1)
Nonprint Resources	202	(7)
Videos	202	(5)
Internet Sites	207	(2)
Index	209	(18)
About the Author	227