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2. Incarceration of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the United States in 2015, women made up 10.4% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails. [5] [6] Between 2000 and 2010, the number of males in prison grew by 1.4% per annum, while the number of females grew by 1.9% per annum.

3. Social groups in male and female prisons in the United States

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   Pseudo-families, also known as familial networks, are social groups of approximately 15 to 20 inmates formed in women's prisons which have been regularly observed by many anthropological and sociological researchers since the 1930s. [15] Within the pseudo-family, inmates take on roles which parallel standard family roles, including parents ...

4. Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women - Wikipedia

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   Bedford Hills. State/province. NY. ZIP Code. 10507-2400. Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, a women's prison in the town of Bedford, New York, [3] is the largest New York State women's prison. The prison previously opened under the name Westfield State Farm in 1901. [4] It lies just outside the hamlet and census-designated place ...

5. Incarceration of women - Wikipedia

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   Incarcerated women have been and continue to be treated differently by criminal justice systems around the world at every step of the process, from arrest to sentencing, to punitive measures used. This disparity is largely due to tangible demographic differences between the severity of crimes committed by male and female prison populations, as ...

6. Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury - Wikipedia

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   793 (46 in prison camp) Opened. 1940. Managed by. Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury ( FCI Danbury) is a low-security United States federal prison for male and female inmates in Danbury, Connecticut. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

7. Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Framingham - Wikipedia

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   The prison also employed female guards and physicians, and included both men and women among its board of visitors. [ citation needed ] In 1973 the Department of Correction moved some incarcerated men from other prisons to MCI-Framingham in a pilot program for incarcerating men and women together in the same prison. [ 5 ]

8. List of women on death row in the United States - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of women on death row in the United States. The number of death row inmates fluctuates daily with new convictions , appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations , or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [ 1 ]

9. Solitary confinement of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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   While studies have shown the effects of solitary confinement to be detrimental to some inmates, solitary confinement of women has particular consequences for women that may differ from the way it affects men. Solitary confinement rates for women in the United States are roughly comparable to those for men [1] [2] and about 20% of prisoners will ...