NCJ Number
243372
Journal
Women & Criminal Justice Volume: 23 Issue: 2 Dated: April - June 2013 Pages: 121-142
Date Published
April 2013
Length
22 pages
Annotation
This study investigates health care services and perceptions of those services by former inmates of a women's prison.
Abstract
The current study examines health care services and perceptions of those services by former inmates of a women's prison in one southeastern State. The results indicate that many women enter prison with health issues, including hypertension, HIV/AIDS, depression, anxiety, and drug addictions, and use health services while incarcerated. Women in this study expressed overall dissatisfaction with those health services and did not perceive that their health improved while incarcerated or that they received better health care in prison than on the outside. This exploratory study points to the need for further empirical investigation into the issue of health care for the incarcerated female. The generalizability of the study's findings is possibly limited by the fact that respondents were former female inmates. Also, results from one southeastern State may not be generalizable to other geographic locations. Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor and Francis.