Promoting Success in the Community for Criminal Justice Involved Women

• NCJ Number: 230834
• Author(s): Georgia Lerner
• Date Published: July 2008
• Length: 8 pages
• Sale Source: Women's Prison Assoc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This document is a power point presentation from Georgia Lerner, Executive Director of the Women's Prison Association at the U.S. Sentencing Commission's Symposium on Alternatives to Incarceration, July 14, 2008 in Washington DC.

Abstract

This document is a power point presentation of the topics covered during the talk. The topics include: Why focus on women separately; the Guiding Principles for working with incarcerated women; Understanding Women in the Criminal Justice System; what issues are important to incarcerated women; working with incarcerated women who want to retain or regain custody of their children; the WPA Approach for working with incarcerated women; Six basic life areas that need to be addressed for criminal justice involved women to achieve success in the community; the features of the Alternative to Incarceration Program; Alternative to Incarceration Opportunities; and Summary.