Nevertheless, while drug offenses may be the largest offense women are incarcerated for and have substantially suffered distressing effects from, there too are other reasons that have an effect on their well-beings emotionally and physically while behind bars. Others issues stem from HIV and STD’s, to mental health issues, to physical or sexual abuse from previous and current occurrences, to family violence, separation from children and even pregnancies in prison. Mental health encompasses a majority of the issues women in prison experience. In fact, majority of the mental health problems are a result of trauma connected with previous involvements of physical and sexual abuse, thus likely resulting in these women developing multifarious
