The implementation of gender-responsive policies at the Women’s Center located at the Maine Correctional Facility in Windham, Maine is assessed. You will find this interesting reading especially if you work with female inmates. It may provide you with strategies to address the needs of women you have not thought of. Findings and discussion from this study cover: what is working well and what needs to be changed to be more gender-responsive—the “college dorm” set up, a relational community, a connection to families and children, work assignments, programs and activities, planning for life after incarceration, services (i.e., medical, dental, a...[
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