Pregnancy in Prison and
The Effect of the Prison Environment Every single day in America there are more than 205,000 women incarcerated in prisons and local jails. A study by Maruschak, L. (2008) shows that out of those 205,000, approximately 1 in 25 women (in state prisons) and 1 in 33 (in federal prison) are pregnant when admitted to prison. The sudden increase of female offenders in prisons and jails has sparked conversation surrounding the medical treatment required and the policies that demand to be changed in order to make the prison environment safer for these offenders. One of the most precarious situations is how the prison environment and their policies negatively affect the pregnancy of a female offender. This paper is a compilation
The Effect of the Prison Environment Every single day in America there are more than 205,000 women incarcerated in prisons and local jails. A study by Maruschak, L. (2008) shows that out of those 205,000, approximately 1 in 25 women (in state prisons) and 1 in 33 (in federal prison) are pregnant when admitted to prison. The sudden increase of female offenders in prisons and jails has sparked conversation surrounding the medical treatment required and the policies that demand to be changed in order to make the prison environment safer for these offenders. One of the most precarious situations is how the prison environment and their policies negatively affect the pregnancy of a female offender. This paper is a compilation