Gender Discrimination in Prison: The Perception of Women Inmates and Prison Professionals
The prejudices that have traditionally been held against female delinquency and the numerical minority of women in the prison system have led to the invisibility of their needs and characteristics as well as to many situations of inequality while they are incarcerated. This study is aimed at explori...
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| author | Anaïs Quiroga-Carrillo María José Ferraces Otero Mar Lorenzo Moledo |
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| description | The prejudices that have traditionally been held against female delinquency and the numerical minority of women in the prison system have led to the invisibility of their needs and characteristics as well as to many situations of inequality while they are incarcerated. This study is aimed at exploring the gender discrimination perceived by women in Spanish prisons. To this end, a scale for perception of gender discrimination is applied to a sample of incarcerated women. Qualitative data from a questionnaire administered to prison professionals and field notes are also used. The results show that incarcerated women perceive the existence of several situations of discrimination related to socio-educational intervention and to the adaptation of prisons to their unique needs, especially for those housed in male prisons. Prison professionals hold similar views and express their concern about the feminization of activities. The study has implications for the prison system and policy makers, including the implementation of gender-responsive programming in women’s prisons, the development of periodic assessments of the experiences faced by incarcerated women, and the training of prison staff. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-779a44da8d774eea87a48a4063602fa72024-01-26T18:27:33ZengMDPI AGSocieties2075-46982024-01-01141510.3390/soc14010005Gender Discrimination in Prison: The Perception of Women Inmates and Prison ProfessionalsAnaïs Quiroga-Carrillo0María José Ferraces Otero1Mar Lorenzo Moledo2Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, SpainDepartment of Social and Basic Psychology and Methodology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, SpainDepartment of Pedagogy and Didactics, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, SpainThe prejudices that have traditionally been held against female delinquency and the numerical minority of women in the prison system have led to the invisibility of their needs and characteristics as well as to many situations of inequality while they are incarcerated. This study is aimed at exploring the gender discrimination perceived by women in Spanish prisons. To this end, a scale for perception of gender discrimination is applied to a sample of incarcerated women. Qualitative data from a questionnaire administered to prison professionals and field notes are also used. The results show that incarcerated women perceive the existence of several situations of discrimination related to socio-educational intervention and to the adaptation of prisons to their unique needs, especially for those housed in male prisons. Prison professionals hold similar views and express their concern about the feminization of activities. The study has implications for the prison system and policy makers, including the implementation of gender-responsive programming in women’s prisons, the development of periodic assessments of the experiences faced by incarcerated women, and the training of prison staff.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/14/1/5female delinquencyprisonsincarcerated womengender discriminationsocio-educational intervention |
| spellingShingle | Anaïs Quiroga-Carrillo María José Ferraces Otero Mar Lorenzo Moledo Gender Discrimination in Prison: The Perception of Women Inmates and Prison Professionals Societies female delinquency prisons incarcerated women gender discrimination socio-educational intervention |
| title | Gender Discrimination in Prison: The Perception of Women Inmates and Prison Professionals |
| title_full | Gender Discrimination in Prison: The Perception of Women Inmates and Prison Professionals |
| title_fullStr | Gender Discrimination in Prison: The Perception of Women Inmates and Prison Professionals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Discrimination in Prison: The Perception of Women Inmates and Prison Professionals |
| title_short | Gender Discrimination in Prison: The Perception of Women Inmates and Prison Professionals |
| title_sort | gender discrimination in prison the perception of women inmates and prison professionals |
| topic | female delinquency prisons incarcerated women gender discrimination socio-educational intervention |
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