Creativity in Programming for Female Offenders (From Proceedings of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Congress of Correction of the American Correctional Association, P 39-43, 1988, Elizabeth Watts, ed. -- See NCJ 112487)

• NCJ Number: 112489
• Author(s): C A Nesbitt
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 5 pages
• Sale Source: American Correctional Association
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

In the 10 years from 1976 to 1986 the number of female offenders in State and Federal prisons increased from 11,170 to 26,610, an increase of nearly 138 percent.

Abstract

In order to serve the special needs of these female prisoners, correctional practitioners must properly classify them so as to balance the prisoner's right not to deteriorate in prison and the right to be placed in the least restrictive custody assignment with society's right to be protected from criminal behavior. The proper classification of female prisoners is difficult because most States have only one prison option for them. Over 50 women who worked for Best Western International as reservationists during imprisonment, have become employees of Best Western International after their release. Another program at the Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup employs model female inmates to make outgoing telephone calls to market the services of area businesses as well as to carry out mass mailings. Many women inmates need childcare and mental health services, and the article lists model programs developed in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Illinois to meet those needs. 2 references.