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Women’s Voices: Advocacy by Criminal Justice-Involved Women
Published in March of 2009 by the Women’s Prison Association & Home This publication emerged from WPA’s desire to chronicle efforts across the country that help formerly incarcerated women to…
Read MoreThe Women’s Prison Association: Supporting Women Offenders and Their Families
Published in December of 1998 by the Women’s Prison Association & Home This Program Focus provides an in-depth look at the Women’s Prison Association (WPA), a nonprofit agency in New…
Read MoreHARD HIT: The Growth in the Imprisonment of Women, 1977-2004
Most recent research literature devoted to analysis of women in the criminal justice system presents four distinct themes to describe the etiology of women’s criminal behaviors and their personal and…
Read MoreImproving the Odds: Women in Community Corrections
Published in November of 2004 by the Women’s Prison Association & Home Women represent a small but fast-growing segment of the prison population, primarily charged with non-violent offenses and generally…
Read MoreIncarcerated Mothers and their Children: Highlights from the Federal Report
Published in August of 2008 by the Women’s Prison Association & Home In this report, WPA highlights key takeaways from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ released compendium of data on…
Read MoreMothers, Infants, and Imprisonment: A National Look at Prison Nurseries and Community-Based Alternatives
Published in May of 2009 by Women’s Prison Association & Home In this report, WPA highlights two different responses to women who give birth while incarcerated: prison nurseries and community-based…
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