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Aug 16, 2024 · The report criticised prisons for treating women like children, and contrasted this to women’s centres, which it argued empower women to take control of their lives. There are around 40...
Aug 16, 2024 · Timpson has said that prisons, especially for women, are a “disaster”. He has noted correctly that prisons often lead women back into the cycle of offending. Women released from prison...
5 days ago · Many women arrive in prison "trapped in a cycle of substance abuse, mental health difficulties, homelessness and offending", said Sandra Fieldhouse in a report for HM Inspectorate of Prisons.
Oct 6, 2024 · Some women are violent, sexual or prolific offenders and should be in prison. The purpose of prison is fourfold – to punish, protect the public, deter crime and give the opportunity for ...
Aug 19, 2024 · Approximately 4% of people in prison in England and Wales are women, and in 2020, 72% of female prison admissions were for non-violent crimes. As someone who studies women's prisons, I hope...
Sep 24, 2024 · A new “women’s justice board” will be set up to cut the female prison population in England and Wales as part of a longer-term push to reduce the number of women’s jails, the justice ...
Nov 23, 2023 · Women in prison have disproportionately higher levels of health and social care needs than their male counterparts in prison and women in the general population.
