Women Lifers brings to light the pressing need for gender-responsive policies in correctional systems in the United States by tracing women's lives before, during, and following a life sentence.
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Women Lifers brings to light the pressing need for gender-responsive policies in correctional systems in the United States by tracing women's lives before, during, and following a life sentence.
The number of women in United States prisons has increased dramatically since the 1980s, and has in proportion outpaced that of men's incarceration. Despite these numbers, incarcerated women, and women lifers specifically, represent a relatively small percentage of the overall c…