Corrections Today articles from December 1998

Corrections Today archives from December 1998

Addressing the needs of female offenders.(Editorial)
December 1, 1998... How we address the unique problems posed by the growing female offender population will be one of the biggest challenges facing the profession in the next millennium. The growing female offender population poses a significant challenge to...

Why women offenders?(Column)
December 1, 1998... Since women offenders typically comprise only 5 percent to 7 percent of offender populations, correctional planning often is driven by the overwhelming profile of the predominant male population. Twenty years ago, a small group of...

Roses are red ... teacher brings out creativity in inmate students.
December 1, 1998... "I'm not writing no #*!%#* poetry!" So began my first attempt to produce a small volume of poetry in my special education/adult basic education classroom at Saginaw Correctional Facility in Freeland, Mich. Most inmates are "tough" and only...

Instructor "builds" maintenance crews.(Robert Marrs, building trades teacher at the Tennessee Prison for Women)
December 1, 1998... For Robert Marrs, corrections actually was a second career. He started teaching in the Southern Illinois public school system in 1965, where he worked for 28 years. Five years ago, having retired from high school teaching, Marrs relocated and...

Supreme Court to hear criminal justice cases.
December 1, 1998... The Supreme Court began its new term on Oct. 5 with a variety of cases on its docket, including nine criminal justice cases, one civil rights case and two public employment cases. Below are a number of cases and the issues to be resolved. ...

Northern Ireland shares recipes for success.
December 1, 1998... At the 23rd Annual Training Institute of the American Probation and Parole Association, held in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, Tim Chapman, assistant chief probation officer of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland, conducted a workshop...

Women in prison: from partial justice to vengeful equity.(Female Offenders)
December 1, 1998... THE FORGOTTEN OFFENDER Throughout most of our nation's history, women in prison have been correctional afterthoughts. Ignored because of their small numbers, female inmates tended to complain, not riot, making it even easier for...

Women's imprisonment in the United States: a historical analysis of female offenders through the early 20th century.(Female Offenders)
December 1, 1998... In the mid-1970s, I was escorted on a tour of a "school for girls" by one of the residents. Eventually, I asked my guide why she was there. "Promiscuity," she replied. A few years later, I was in another "special school for girls" in the...

A day in the life: four women share their stories of life behind bars.(Female Offenders)
December 1, 1998... Author's Note.' When I first issued my request to talk to women incarcerated at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women (MCI-W), I expected to hear stories of innocence and bitterness, and of the horrors of living behind bars. What I...

Mothers behind bars.(Female Offenders)
December 1, 1998... INCARCERATING INCREASING NUMBERS OF MOTHERS HAS SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR FAMILIES AND SOCIETY On the three-hour bus ride that would take Felicia to visit her mother, the little girl snuggled next to her grandmother and quietly drew...

Mother/child bonding: incarcerated women struggle to maintain meaningful relationships with their children.(Female Offenders)
December 1, 1998... The importance of bonding among men has become a topic of public debate in the last few years as various religious and ethnic groups have encouraged men to meet and form common ties. Since almost 40 percent of children in the United States do...

The victimization ... and ... revictimization of female offenders.(Female Offenders)
December 1, 1998... PRISON ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD BE AWARE OF WAYS IN WHICH SECURITY PROCEDURES PERPETUATE FEELINGS OF POWERLESSNESS AMONG INCARCERATED WOMEN Nola is an African-American female who was born and reared in a small, sleepy Southern town. Her father...

Substance abuse among female offenders.(Female Offenders)
December 1, 1998... Efforts to Treat Substance-Abusing Women Offenders Must Address Underlying Reasons for Use This quote from an incarcerated Canadian woman sums up the experience of many women who have problems with substance abuse. Research has found that...

Health care for women offenders.(Female Offenders)
December 1, 1998... Specialized Services, Needs Will Challenge Correctional Administrators Into the Next Century The population of incarcerated women underwent profound change in the 1980s, as did the impact of women offenders on jail and prison systems. Some...

Critical issues in managing female offenders.(Female Offenders)
December 1, 1998... Women Offenders Have Unique Needs Which Impact the Ways in Which Staff Manage Them Unprecedented growth in the number of female offenders entering the criminal justice system has created a need to examine the profession's ability to...

Girls are in trouble: do we care?(Female Offenders)(delinquent girls)
December 1, 1998... The Number oF Delinquent Girls Is on the Rise; Only a Coordinated, Multiagency Approach Can Turn the Tide The good news is that youth delinquency is down, according to statistics collected by local, state and federal agencies. The bad news...

Different, not more difficult: gender-specific training helps bridge the gap.(Female Offenders)
December 1, 1998... The story is nearly always the same. Eric is a new correctional officer. He takes his place at a desk in the training room with 30 other people, all gathered to learn how to be effective correctional officers. The training manager welcomes...

Canada's vision of effective corrections.(speech by Andy Scott, solicitor general of Canada)(Transcript)
December 1, 1998... Editor's Note: The following is an edited version of the Opening Session address delivered by the Honorable Andy Scott, M.P., solicitor general of Canada, Aug. 9, 1998, at the 128th Congress of Correction in Detroit. The longevity of the...

Kansas' grassroots juvenile justice reform.
December 1, 1998... "Ad Astra per Aspera," the state motto of Kansas, is Latin for "To the Stars Through Difficulties" and exemplifies the pioneer spirit of state corrections professionals undertaking the task of creating a new juvenile justice system. Juvenile...

NIC takes training on the road.(National Institute of Corrections)
December 1, 1998... Willie Nelson's song "On the Road Again" could well be the theme song for the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Academy's Regionalization Program - it's all done "on the road." Through Regionalization, the Academy supports a network of...

In the Mix: Struggle and Survival in a Women's Prison.(Review)
December 1, 1998... By Barbara Owen, State University of New York Press, (518) 472-5000, 1998, 219 pp. Research on inmate adjustment to prison has focused largely on the experiences of men. This is not surprising, as the majority of those incarcerated are...

The Female Offender.(Review)
December 1, 1998... By Meda Chesney-Lind, Sage Publishing Co., (805) 499-0721, 1997, 220 pp. Feminist-based research on criminality is attempting to raise awareness of gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic status as these factors relate to offense type and...