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UK: Our prisons are failing women Using punitive male models of imprisonment for vulnerable women results in tragedy ? and does nothing to tackle crime

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Our prisons are failing women Using punitive male models of imprisonment for vulnerable women results in tragedy ? and does nothing to tackle crime o Frances Crook o guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 13 May 2009 In pay, pensions, politics and promotion, the gender gap is a disgrace. But in justice, women face a national scandal. A report published today by the Fawcett Society reveals a justice system that is "institutionally sexist". This is of no surprise to organisations such as the Howard League, which have long campaigned against the hopeless situation of women rotting in our prisons. Today, as we sit outraged in our armchairs, 4,274 women and girls languish in our jails. These are not the dangerous criminals one might imagine, but often sad victims of circumstance and violence ? often at the hands of men...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 18, 2009 (boomark / email).