Counting the Cost: the Social and Financial Consequences of Women's Imprisonment

Prepared for the Committee on Women's Imprisonment by economist Toby Wolfe, this report looks at the social and financial consequences of imprisoning an ever-increasing number of  women.

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Justice for Women: the Need for Reform

This groundbreaking report presents the findings of  the Committee on Women's Imprisonment, chaired by Professor Dorothy Wedderburn, set up in 1998, and commissioned by PRT amid concern about the rapid increase in the number of women prisoners. Justice for Women makes radical recommendations for the reform of the criminal justice system with regard to women.

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Lacking Conviction: The rise of the women's remand population
Kimmett Edgar

In 10 years the number of  women in prison has risen sharply from an average daily population of 1,811 to over 4,500 today. Remand numbers have grown at the fastest rate. 'Lacking Conviction' reveals a widespread misuse of custody and examines its impact on some of the most vulnerable women in society. The report sets out a sensible agenda for changes in policy and practice within and outside the criminal justice system.

Price: £9.50 ISBN: 0 94620969 3 - 2004

Troubled Inside: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Women in Prison
Dora Rickford

This report reveals the extent of the mental health needs of women in prison. It exposes the gap between improved policy and still bleak practice. It offers a set of detailed recommendations and a ten point action plan which, if implemented, would ensure that the needs of mentally ill women inside the prison system are met.

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