Women are the fastest growing prison population in the United States. Other than constituting yet another indication of how deeply flawed the American criminal justice system is, this fact has brought to light the incompetence of federal and private prisons in providing female inmates (particularly pregnant ones) proper medical care and protection from the rampant […]
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November 2019 InStepp Ambassador of the Month by Jana Steele Allen
Jessica Corey is a professor in the Thomas Writing Program at Duke University and is also the Program Coordinator for Graduate Student Instruction at Duke. After moving to Durham, she began looking for volunteer roles in which she could make a contribution and settled on the Communications and Social Media Volunteer opportunity at InStepp. Since […]
#MeToo Behind Bars: Records Shed Light on Sexual Abuse Inside State Women’s Prisons
State prison officials in California say they have been trying to improve conditions for female inmates in recent years, including enforcing a zero tolerance policy for sexual misconduct. To comply with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act, prison officials investigate and track all allegations of sexual assault and harassment by staff, including correctional officers. Read […]