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PrCrPrF
Jabeen Ahmad, Universiy o Norh Carolina
By allowing infants and children to live with their mothers in special facilities during their incarceration periods, women can serve theirsentences, maintain strong bonds with their children, and develop theskills for future employment and family care.
Wih greaer raes o incarceraion o women, he children o womenprisoners have increasingly become vicims as well. Wihou maernalsuppor and guidance,many children areeiher raised byanoher relaive orplaced in he osercare sysem. Thechildren do poorlyin school, havebehavioral problems,and are more likelyo become oendershemselves. Themajoriy o women inprison are nonviolenoenders. They areoen arresed ordrug violaions oreconomic problems.Insead o placinghese women inradiional jailsand prisons, where hey are more likely o become repea oenders,hese women can be placed in an alernaive correcional aciliy haallows children o live wih heir mohers and provides educaional andrehabiliaion programs.
History
The model o an alernaive amily residenial aciliy comes rom a non-proi Norh Carolina organizaion called Our Children’s Place. Throughcombined eors o educaors, poliicians, and advocaes, Our Children’sPlace has plans or a aciliy ha will house en emale prisoners andweny children (under kindergaren age). The aciliy is equivalen o aminimum-securiy prison and is a volunary program. Our Children’s Placewill ake children rom all over he sae and will provide residens wiheducaional programs and job raining while hey serve ou heir senences.The aciliy has no ye been buil, bu is se o open in 2009. Anoher
Key Facts
More han 950,000 women, or abou 1% o he U.S. e-
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male populaion, are under some ype o correcional su-pervision. Approximaely 96,000 women are in prison.Abou 90% o women in prison are single mohers. Ap-
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proximaely 167,000 children in he U.S. have moherswho are incarceraed.Female imprisonmen in he U.S. has increased by 757%
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since 1977. Women are he ases-growing group o heprison populaion and have exceeded male prison popu-laion growh in all 50 saes.Arress o adul women have increased by 13% overall,
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bu arress or serious oenses, such as murder, rape, rob-bery, and arson, have declined by 3%. Arress o womenor murder decreased by 12%. The majoriy o women’sarress, abou 82%, are or lower-level oenses, such asdrug violaions, shoplifing, and welare raud.
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