Exam 8: The Prison Experience Females

Discuss the characteristics of females in prison.

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 running the prison for 1 month, Warden Jones realizes that women do their time very differently than men. Which of the following is Not indicative of how women prisoners do their time compared to men?

According to the text, in some prisons the dominant, or male, role in a homosexual relationship in the prison society is known as:

According to the text, mandatory minimum sentences in most states provide the same punishment for conspiracy to commit crimes as for the instigator of the crime itself.

According to the text, the docile, or female, role in a homosexual relationship in the prison society is called ____________________.

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 was brought into the prison to help fix the problem of sexual assaults of inmates by staff members. The previous warden and 20 officers were terminated because of a sex abuse scandal that occurred at the institution. She is determined to eradicate the prison of sexual assaults committed by her staff. She reaches out to the international nongovernmental organization that is concerned with the rights of prisoners for help with the development of new policies to ensure she puts an end to these sexual assaults. What is the name of this organization?

In contemporary prisons, female inmates are prone to mistrust their friendships with other women prisoners and refrain from forming close relationships.

California created the ______________________________ program, which allows 100 women with infants to live in a community-based facility where they can take parenting classes  instead of a prison  .

In ________________,  a federal court ruled that the opportunities and programs for female inmates were clearly inferior to those for male inmates.

As juveniles, many incarcerated women experienced:

Blood-related relatives are called fictive families in the prison environment.

When women associate with other prisoners and have few problems with correctional officers, they are using the _______________ style of coping with prison life.

Female offenders are more likely than males to be convicted of a ____________________ crime.

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. When Melissa entered prison, she was about 6 months pregnant. She received minimal prenatal care and was taken to the county hospital to deliver her baby. Once she delivered her baby, she returned to prison, and a family member took custody of Melissa's newborn and her older child. Based on the research, Melissa would be most satisfied with placing her children with:

There is a growing movement to make the staff in women's prisons more competent and professional.

Which model of coping with prison life has women associating with other prisoners and enjoying their associations while having few problems with correctional officers?

Describe why the female inmate population is increasing.

More than half of all incarcerated women are parents to children under the age of 18.

Female offenders are more likely than males to be convicted of:

Which psychological problem are more women prisoners diagnosed with?