Women Prisoners and Health Justice

Download or read book Women Prisoners and Health Justice written by Dianne Hatton and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incarceration severely affects the health and wellbeing of women both during their incarceration and following release, further complicating the health disparities they already experience as a consequence of gender, race and social class. The scope of this international problem remains largely hidden from health professionals and policy makers. This book brings the issues into the light, with contributions from leading advocates, criminologists, feminists, nurses, physicians, public health professionals, social workers, sociologists and former prisoners.