How did substance abuse play a role in many of their crimes

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How does the prison experience differ for women differ from the typical prison experience for men? How is it similar? What nontraditional method did Warden Jeanine Trim use to obtain information from inmates? Do you think this method of obtaining information would ever work in a male prison? Explain your answer. How specifically does the influence of race typically differ in male versus female prisons?
What other connections can you make between the documentary and what you read about in this chapter of the textbook?
What were some of the offenses that the female offenders featured in this documentary were charged with (i.e. drug, property, and violent offenses)? How does this relate to our discussion on the nature of female offending? How do their offenses relate to get-tough-on crime policies that we have discussed in this course? How did substance abuse play a role in many of their crimes? How did mental health issues play a role in some of their crimes and in their behavior in prison?
We discussed many gender-specific needs of female offenders, including trauma/victimization histories, mental health issues, substance abuse issues, motherhood and limited work experience/job skills. How might these needs be interrelated? How well do you think the Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW) did at addressing the gender-specific needs of women?
In the documentary, you saw an example of a pseudofamily or a fictive family. Why do you think some female offenders form pseudofamilies? What purpose do they serve?
In the documentary, you saw an example of a prison nursery program. Currently, 9 states have prison nursery programs. What are your thoughts on prison nursery programs? What questions do you have about prison nursery programs? While Massachusetts currently does not have a prison nursery program, if you were tasked with creating a law regarding prison nurseries in Massachusetts, what would it look like? Would you outlaw them or allow them? What restrictions would you place on them? Would there be a maximum age? What criteria would an inmate have to meet in order to be eligible to participate in a prison nursery program? Explain your answer.

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