Title: Gender-responsive prisons - Wikipedia
Headings: Gender-responsive prisons
Gender-responsive prisons
Contents
Gender bias vs gender responsiveness
What is gender-responsiveness for women offenders in the criminal justice system?
History
The National Institute of Corrections Gender-Responsive Project
Effect on youth
Risk factors and needs for women in the criminal justice system
Marital status and children
Victimization
Mental health
Substance abuse
Assessment
Reproductive oppression
Opposition
Intersectionality
Queer and trans politics
Penal politics
Rehabilitation
Health
Abolitionist approaches
See also
References
Further reading

Content: At the project sites, female offenders’ gender-specific risk and need factors (including victimization, mental health issues, marginalization, relationship difficulties, and substance abuse) were examined to determine whether they increased the risk for institutional misconduct or community recidivism. They were also used to determine if these factors affected the classification of women in prisons. Overall, these studies supported the use of gender-responsive frisk factors in correctional classification systems. In general, the results indicated that female offenders with gender-responsive risk factors adapted poorly to the prison environment. They were also more likely to incur serious misconduct violations within a year of incarceration in comparison to female offenders who did not display these characteristics. Some of these gender-responsive risk factors included women who were victimized, had substance abuse or mental health problems, and victims of domestic violence. Other gender-responsive risk factors for women in the criminal justice system will be available below. Effect on youth
Gender-responsive prisons also deal with children in detention centers. According to research conducted between 1991 and 2003, the percent of girls being put in detention centers has increased by 98%. Advocates for gender-response detention centers use statistics as a form of backing.