Exam 8: The Prison Experience Females

Sentencing laws fail to consider that the reasons that compel many women to remain silent include:

Gender neutral sentences have:

Compared to men's prisons, women's prisons are typically:

A type of prison socialization in which women deal with incarceration by becoming part of make-believe family is a:

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. After about 10 years into her sentence, Melissa became depressed. She started to separate herself from other prisoners and began to feel like she had no control. She was coping to prison by according to which model?

The use of mandatory minimums have:

Which style are women prisoners least likely to approach their confinement with?

What is being done to curtail the sexual assault of female prisoners?

Which style gives female inmates the feeling that they have no control over their prison environment?

Many pregnant inmates are shackled while delivering their child.

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's drug addiction is not uncommon for female inmates. What percentage of female inmates are involved with addictive drugs?

Incarcerated women typically come from stable family lives.

What is the term used to describe any behavior that can bring trouble or conflict with staff and other prisoners?

According to the text, children of incarcerated mothers most frequently stay with ___________________.

A grouping of unrelated individuals who have assumed the traditional family roles of mother, father, and grandparents is known as a:

Female offenders are more likely than males to be convicted of a nonviolent crime and be incarcerated for a low-level involvement in drug offenses.

______________________________ in a women's prison includes a desire to treat inmates with dignity and respect.

Equality with a vengeance is a term used to describe an equality of punishment meted out to women who violate the law.

Perinatal mortality and morbidity are high for women prisoners.

Describe the role of the correctional counselor and the importance of this role in women's prisons.