Health Issues Among Incarcerated Women
Health Issues Among Incarcerated Women
The female inmate population in the United States has exploded in the past two decades, increasing nearly six-fold. The U.S. correctional system, however, has not expanded its health care to provide for this growing population of women. This comprehensive reader addresses the physical and mental needs of women inmates and suggests that they cannot be properly treated unless their lifestyles before, during, and after incarceration are considered.
This book abounds with statistics that outline the unique needs of the female inmate population. For instance, a significant proportion of female inmates suffer physical and sexual violence before serving time. Incarcerated teenagers are more likely than others from their age group to have engaged in behaviors that increased their risk for contracting sexually transmitted diseases like HIV. Because African American women are more likely than their counterparts to encounter prison time, their needs warrant specific attention.
Bringing together twenty original essays, this volume will be invaluable for lobbyists and policy makers as well as for graduate students and faculty in the fields of criminal justice and public health.
A comprehensive introduction tot he health needs of incarcerated women and a welcome contribution that will fill an important gap in the literature on women in prison and jail. The authors offer readable, well-organized accounts that will prove invaluable to health providers, students, and correctional officials.
A comprehensive introduction tot he health needs of incarcerated women and a welcome contribution that will fill an important gap in the literature on women in prison and jail. The authors offer readable, well-organized accounts that will prove invaluable to health providers, students, and correctional officials.
Ronald L. Braithwaite is a professor in the departments of community health and preventive medicine, family medicine, and psychiatry at the Morehouse School of Medicine. Kimberly Jacob Arriola is an assistant professor in the department of behavioral sciences and health education in the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. Cassandra Newkirk, a forensic psychiatrist, has over twenty years experience working in correctional settings.
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Foreword
PART ONE Toward Understanding the Need
1 An Overview of Incarcerated Women's Health / KIMBERLY JACOB ARRIOLA, RONALD L. BRAITHWAITE, AND CASSANDRA F. NEWKIRK
2 Understanding How Race, Class, and Gender Impact the Health of Incarcerated Women / RONALD L. BRAITHWAITE
3 Voices of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women / SALLIE GLOVER WEBB AND DONNA L. HUBBARD
4 Criminalizing the Victim: Interpersonal Violence in the Lives of Incarcerated Women / KIMBERLY JACOB ARRIOLA, L. SHAKIYLA SMITH, AND MARGARET FARROW
5 Sugar and Spice: Understanding the Health of Incarcerated Girls / MICHELLE STAPLES-HORNE
PART TWO Mental Health and Addictive Behaviors
6 Mood Disorders in Incarcerated Women / SAUNDRA MAASS-ROBINSON AND PAMELA EVERETT THOMPSON
7 Anxiety Disorders and Major Thought Disorders / CASSANDRA F. NEWKIRK
8 Substance Use Disorders / JACKIE BUTLER AND KISHA BRAITHWAITE
9 Sexual Risk Behavior and Alcohol and Other Drug Use among Female Adolescent Detainees: Implications for Intervention / RHONDA C. CONERLY, ALYSSA G. ROBILLARD, AND RONALD L. BRAITHWAITE
PART THREE Sexual and Reproductive Health
10 Carrying in the Criminal Justice System: Prenatal Care of Incarcerated Women / RENATA FORTENBERRY, CARMEN WARREN, AND JOHN CLARK
11 Reproductive Health among Incarcerated Women / JOHN CLARK
PART FOUR Infectious Diseases
12 Tuberculosis: No Longer the "White Plague" / SHARON BAUCOM, KAREN BAUCOM, PAULA BROWN, AND HAROLD MOUZON
13 Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Incarcerated Women / GRACE E. MACALINO
14 HIV/AIDS Infection among Incarcerated Woman / ANNE S. DE GROOT AND RACHEL MADDOW
15 Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-infected Incarcerated Women / BECKY L. STEPHENSON
PART FIVE Chronic Conditions
16 Cardiovascular Disease / SYLVIA McQUEEN
17 Asthma / NORMAN DEAN
PART SIX Social, Political and Environmental Issues
18 Understanding the Parenting Rights of Incarcerated Women / SANDRA BARNHILL, TEMIKA WILLIAMS, AND I.RYTA
19 Discharge Planning for Incarcerated Women: Linking Identified Needs with Community Support / AMY E. BOUTWELL, ALLISON KENDRICK, AND JOSIAH D. RICH
20 Illness among Women in Prison and Compassionate Release / CYNTHIA CHANDLER, JUDY GREENSPAN, AND JENNIFER ROTMAN
Afterword
Notes on Contributors
Index
