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Structured activities are required How the riot spread That is punishment?
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In prison, everyone is punished for a riot, but most are innocent Learning behavior through Other things that could be taken away: ◦
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Hierarchy of power ◦ Staff styles Cost control Staff not doing their jobs Inmate resources
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Physical design Overcrowding Prisoner ◦ Drugs Racism
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Gangs ◦ Prisoner-on-Prisoner theft Lack of consistence or stability for the inmates “The Pains of Imprisonment”
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Constitute 6.6% of entire US prison population Prisons are smaller, with looser security and less structured relationships ◦ Underground economy less well-developed ◦ Less committed to inmate code Many women’s prisons have outward appearance of a college campus Women are less likely to be sentenced for violent offenses and they receive shorter sentences than men Typically young, minority group members, unmarried, and undereducated
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Characteristics of Female Inmates in State Prisons
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Female prisoners tend to form pseudo- families Female prisons less violent, less involved in gang activity, and less racial tension Higher levels of mistrust among women Males stress autonomy, self-sufficiency, and ability to cope with one’s own problems Differences between male and female subcultures ascribed to nurturing, maternal qualities of women
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Sexual misconduct ◦ States have enacted statutes prohibiting sexual misconduct with correctional clients Educational and vocational training ◦ Gender stereotypes shape vocational programs Medical services ◦ Lack proper medical services, but women tend to have more serious health problems Mothers and their children ◦ Over 65% of female inmates have children
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