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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"formerly incarcerated women"”.
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Healthcare Encounters of Formerly Incarcerated Women: A Grounded Theory Study
… the United States. Nearly 7 percent (6.9%) were women (BJS, 2005). Recent trends in the adult correctional population suggest that there has been a stark increase in the number of formerly incarcerated women in the United States. The purpose of this research was to explore how formerly …
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From Injustice to Social Justice Education: The Journey of Formerly Incarcerated Women of Color in Community College
<p>There is a growing rate of women of color in the U.S. prison system—their intersectional identities are hypercriminalized surrounding the nexus of oppressive barriers they experience (Annamma, 2017). The lack of awareness, understanding, and advocacy for carceral-impacted women of color in …
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The Experiences of Women Reintegrating After Prison: An Explorative Qualitative Study on Women Released from Prisons and Jails in Canada
Women are among the fastest growing prison populations in Canada, often with adverse backgrounds, complex life circumstances, and unique criminogenic needs. However, limited criminological and sociological inquiry focusses on the experiences of criminalized and formerly incarcerated women in …
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Cafeteria, Commissary and Cooking: Foodways and Negotiations of Power and Identity in a Women’s Prison
… lived experience of incarceration by analyzing women’s narratives about prison food and eating. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 formerly incarcerated women in New Haven, CT. The interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed. Findings explain the different ways that inmates …
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Assessing the Risk, Addressing the Need: A Mixed Method Approach to Designing a Strengths-Based, Post-incarceration, Correctional Assessment for Women
<p>Women are the fastest-growing segment of the incarcerated population, steadily increasing since 1985 (ACLU, n.d.). More than one million women are behind bars or have some involvement with the criminal justice system. The rapid growth of incarceration among women has led scholars and researchers …
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Embracing Messiness: Life and Leadership After Prison
<p>Incarceration rates for women have increased by 840% since 1980. Incarcerated women are disproportionately uneducated, poor, women of color with an 80% likelihood of being mothers. The process of negotiating self-concept is complicated considering the many stigmas being a formerly incarcerated …
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Seeing the State: Women, Incarceration, and Social Marginality
… and photo-elicitation interviews with 36 formerly incarcerated women, this dissertation answers three central research questions: (1) How does the state structure women's post-incarceration experiences? (2) How do these post-incarceration experiences relate to women's experiences of …