Health issues among incarcerated women

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Author:

Braithwaite, Ronald L., 1945-

ISBN:

9780813536903

9780813536910

Publication Information:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006.

Physical Description:

xix, 355 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

An overview of incarcerated women's health / Kimberly Jacob Arriola, Ronald L. Braithwaite, and Cassandra F. Newkirk -- Understanding how race, class, and gender impact the health of incarcerated women/ Ronald L. Braithwaite -- Voices of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women / Sally Glover Webb and Donna L. Hubbard -- Criminalizing the victim: interpersonal violence in the lives of incarcerated women / Kimberly Jacob Arriola, L. Shakiyla Smith, and Margaret Farrow -- Sugar and spice: understanding the health of incarcerated girls / Michelle Staples-Horne -- Mood disorders in incarcerated women / Saundra Maass-Robinson and Pamela Everett Thompson -- Anxiety disorders and major thought disorders / Cassandra F. Newkirk -- Substance use disorders / Jackie Butler and Kisha Braithwaite -- Sexual risk behavior and alcohol and other drug use among female adolescent detainees: implications for intervention / Rhonda C. Conerly, Alyssa G. Robillard, and Ronald L. Braithwaite -- Carrying in the criminal justice system: prenatal care of incarcerated women / Renata Fortenberry, Carmen Warren, and John Clark -- Reproductive health among incarcerated women / John Clark -- Tuberculosis: no longer the "white plague" / Sharon Baucom ... [et al.] -- Hepatitis C virus infection among incarcerated women / Grace E. Macalino -- HIV/AIDS infection among incarcerated women / Anne S. De Groot and Rachel Maddow -- Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected incarcerated women / Becky L. Stephenson --

Cardiovascular disease / Sylvia McQueen -- Asthma / Norman Dean -- Understanding the parenting rights of incarcerated women / Sandra Barnhill, Temika Williams, and I. Ryta -- Discharge planning for incarcerated women: linking identified needs with community support / Amy E. Boutwell, Allison Kendrick, and Josiah D. Rich -- Illness among women in prison and compassionate release / Cynthia Chandler, Judy Greenspan, and Jennifer Rotman.

Subject Term:

Women prisoners -- Medical care -- United States.

Women prisoners -- Health and hygiene -- United States.

Added Author:

Braithwaite, Ronald L., 1945-

Arriola, Kimberly Jacob, 1972-

Newkirk, Cassandra.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005011268.html

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Summary

The female inmate population in the United States has exploded in the past two decades, increasing nearly six-fold. The U.S. correctional system, however, has not expanded its health care to provide for this growing population of women. This comprehensive reader addresses the physical and mental needs of women inmates and suggests that they cannot be properly treated unless their lifestyles before, during, and after incarceration are considered.

This book abounds with statistics that outline the unique needs of the female inmate population. For instance, a significant proportion of female inmates suffer physical and sexual violence before serving time. Incarcerated teenagers are more likely than others from their age group to have engaged in behaviors that increased their risk for contracting sexually transmitted diseases like HIV. Because African American women are more likely than their counterparts to encounter prison time, their needs warrant specific attention.

Bringing together twenty original essays, this volume will be invaluable for lobbyists and policy makers as well as for graduate students and faculty in the fields of criminal justice and public health.