Exam 8: The Prison Experience Females

Every female prison provides a nursery where babies up to 18 months old can live with their mothers in prison.

Shackling or restraining women during ____________________ can put the baby at risk.

Melissa is a female serving a life sentence for murder in a state correctional facility. She has been in prison for the past 10 years. She is now 36 years old. Melissa was pregnant with her second child  when she entered prison. She was also addicted to cocaine and often turned to prostitution to support her habit. She ended up killing a customer who refused to pay her for her prostitution services. Melissa is not a typical female inmate in that she is convicted of the violent crime of murder. Most female inmates are in prison for:

Before 1960, independent women's prisons were relatively:

Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison. After meeting with most of the correctional officers and inmates, Warden Jones realizes that most of her inmates have several deficits. Which of the following a problem for many of her inmates?

Which researcher found that women in prison cope by establishing homosexual relationships?

Which of the following is Not a characteristic of the prison love affairs that are established in female prisons?

What areas of prison healthcare need improvement?

Owen's term for women's involvement in problematic prison behaviors and activities is _______________________.

Compared to male prisoners, female prisoners have:

Which of the following is Not one of the major reasons that women are confined to administrative segregation?

Pressing issues in women's prisons include:

How many of the female prisoners in state prisons have children under the age of 18?

Makebelieve families are known as____________________.

According to the text, in some prisons the female role in a homosexual prison relationship is referred to as:

Concerns with health care in prisons include:

The chief treatment officer in many correctional institutions is the _________________________.

Adult females are more likely than adult males to attempt suicide while incarcerated.

Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison. Warden Jones is amazed to see how many inmates are involved in romantic relationships with one another. She knows that it is impossible to prevent all sexual encounters. However, she is particularly concerned with a few of the female inmates who play the dominant role in the homosexual relationship. Some of them have become violent. The inmates who play this dominant role are referred to as:

Describe what is currently being done to make staff in women's prisons more competent and professional.