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Incarceration In Prisons

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Overdose of Ignorance: Someone Call a Doctor
What comes to mind when thinking of women in a correctional facility? Maybe crime, sexual abuse, mental illness, or drugs? When contemplating a typical female prisoner these are valid areas to take into consideration. However, has anyone ever stopped to think about the quality of care they receive during their incarceration or the lack thereof? Using an experimental approach, this group aims to create a film that will shed light onto the inhumane treatment of women in prison.
When there is a crime, it seems as if illegal substances are not too far behind. According to studies found on the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) website, released by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Statistics, by the “year-end of 2012, roughly 58 percent of women in federal prison …show more content…

Many of the women do not receive the support and assistance they need when incarcerated to successfully renounce their addiction. Furthermore, rehabilitation services are not provided while insufficient counseling is offered at many prisons across the country. Consequently, this leads to high rates of recidivism and more often than not, death. Many people that feel strongly towards this issue have banded together to form coalitions and alliances that advocate for the implementation of Alternatives to Incarceration programs (ATI). These programs would be given to women convicted of

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