Women and Prison

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. An Overview: What We Know About Incarcerated Women and Girls

   • Jodi Lane

   Pages 1-13

3. Pop Culture and Perception

   • Karen Smith

   Pages 15-27

4. Female Perpetrators: Risks, Needs, and Pathways to Offending

   • Michelle N. Jeanis, Sarah A. Smith

   Pages 29-40

5. Criminal Justice Processing and Procedure, Generally and for Justice-Involved Women

   • Kathleen Murphy

   Pages 41-51

6. The Female Prison Experience

   • Haley R. Zettler

   Pages 53-64

7. Justice-Involved Girls and Women, Health and Pregnancy, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Concerns

   • Jada Hector, Kristy D. Fusilier

   Pages 65-84

8. Sexuality and Gender: Locked in, and Out

   • Frances P. Abderhalden

   Pages 85-96

9. Intersectional Pathways: The Role Victimization Plays in Women’s Offending and in Prisons

   • Katherine Lorenz, Rebecca M. Hayes

   Pages 97-129

10. Educational and Vocational Programming in Women’s Prisons: History, Gender Disparities, and Promising Progress

    • Rashaan A. DeShay

    Pages 131-153

11. Women Working in Male Prisons and Jails

    • Catherine Fontenot

    Pages 155-164

12. Concluding Remarks

    • Jada Hector

    Pages 165-169

13. Back Matter

    Pages 171-178

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This edited volume presents research about life in prison for women, discussing both incarcerated women and those working in prisons. It addresses women’s paths through the criminal justice system from sentencing through post-incarceration and reintegration into society, highlighting the differences in women's experience of prison compared to their male counterparts and noting both the positive and negative changes implemented for women behind bars.

Covering research on stigma, pop culture, motherhood, sexuality and gender, access to healthcare, vocational training, and educational opportunities, this text takes both a local and international view.  Women and Prison is a comprehensive volume suitable for criminal justice researchers, mental health professionals, students of criminology, women's studies, sociology and those seeking a career in corrections.

• women in prison
• US prison system
• female offenders
• motherhood in prison
• sexuality in prison
• gender and prison
• sexual harrasment in prison
• incarcerated women
• recidivism
• female prisoners
• female inmates

• University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA

  Jada Hector

Jada N. Hector is an accomplished mental health clinician with an array of experience from treating severe mental illness, trauma, substance use and abuse, to everyday mental health struggles shared by Americans and their loved ones. These days, Ms. Hector lends those experiences to help local and state governments remedy gaps in mental health surveillance, treatment, and recovery options, create better policy, and heal communities. Ms. Hector is a graduate of the Louisiana State University with a masters degree in Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Louisiana. She also attended B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where she earned an undergraduate degree in business with a concentration in marketing.

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