Women are one of the fastest growing prison populations worlswide. This is not because women’s crime rates are going up, but because women are increasingly criminalised and imprisoned, often for non-violent behaviour such as drug and property offences, many have retaliated against an abusive partner. The “war on drugs”, harsher sentencing, cuts to education, health care [...]
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PROFILE OF CRIMINALISED WOMEN
Posted in Women in Prison on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
