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Women’s Pathways Into and Out of Jail in Buncombe County
This report presents an analysis of women’s experiences with the local criminal legal system in Buncombe County, North Carolina: their pathways into and out of the jail, their living conditions and concerns during detention, and their perspectives on how services and systems in the county can …
More Women Are Being Imprisoned. It’s Not Making the World Safer.
Around the world, the number of women behind bars continues to grow. The just-released fifth edition of the World Female Imprisonment List shows that the number of women and girls in detention world-wide increased by 60 percent since 2000, while that of men has risen by around 22 percent. The World …
New Affordable, Supportive Housing Helping Criminal-Justice Involved Women to be Constructed in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Construction has begun on a new affordable and supportive housing development in Brooklyn centering women involved in the criminal justice system, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday. By Emily Nadal for 1010 Wins …
A Mural Program Helps Previously Incarcerated Women Return To Life
Earlier in 2021, Rasheeda Bagwell joined the Philadelphia-based nonprofit Mural Arts Philadelphia through its Restorative Justice Program to lead a new pilot project: The Women’s Reentry Program. "Modeled after the nonprofit’s widely successful Guild Program — a reentry apprenticeship for …
Hawai`i Is So Close to Ending the Incarceration of Young Girls
This summer, Hawai`i made headlines for a milestone achievement several years in the making. Finally—and for the first time—there were no girls being held in the state’s only long-term juvenile placement facility, the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF). “Hawai`i achieved a milestone that …
“The Second Sentencing”: A Qualitative Exploration of Women Going Up for Parole
Most prior studies of parole hearings focus on the parole board members’ vantage point rather than the parole-seeking individual. When parole-seeking individuals’ experiences are explored, the research typically uses male samples with few women. Therefore, little is known about parole-seeking …
‘The Child is Doing Prison Time with the Parent’
A new study from the University of Michigan found that about four in 10 American children were exposed to the criminal justice system through a potential caregiver (an adult who co-resides with the child) by the time they reached the age of 18. The study also demonstrates a correlation between …
Most Detainees at Rikers Women’s Jail Should Be Released: Report
A new proposal from New York criminal justice advocates titled the “Path to Under 100” called for a review of Rikers’ Rose M. Singer Center population to evaluate candidates for release, and laid out a number of recommendations to improve detainee conditions and processing. If these guidelines are …
Adopting a Gender-Responsive Approach for Women in the Justice System: A Resource Guide
On June 8, 2022, CEPP will join The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and BJA for a webinar discussing the six foundational elements for building gender-responsive programs. Women’s involvement in the criminal justice system continues to rise despite recent efforts to increase …
The Wiley Handbook on What Works with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law: A Critical Review of Theory, Practice, and Policy
What Works with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law is the leading examination of evidence-based practice in the field of gender-responsive corrections. Adopting an international and intersectional approach, the distinguished authors seek to collect the best available data and thinking on what …
Give Women a Second Chance—Our Economy Depends on It | Opinion
April marks Second Chance Month, an opportunity to raise awareness of the barriers that many justice-impacted individuals face when reentering society and to highlight policy solutions that could ensure returning citizens have a fair opportunity to reach their full potential. It also marks two full …