tailieunhanh - Health Issues Specific to Incarcerated Women: Information for State Maternal and Child Health Programs

These efforts should be underpinned by a commitment to the Global Partnership for Development which has produced important achievements, including a record volume of Official development assistance (ODA) in 2010, increased aid to LDCs and increased South-South and other cooperation for development. The DCF has placed emphasis on the need for aid for gender equality to be on budget and to use national systems to promote transparency, accountability, cost-effectiveness, alignment and long-term results to promote gender equality. The Forum can play an instrumental role in further evolving the thinking on how the Global Partnership for Development. | Health Issues Specific to Incarcerated Women Information for State Maternal and Child Health Programs Over the last 15 years the number of incarcerated women in the United States has increased dramatically. While the number of men in State and federal prisons has grown 67 since 1990 the number of incarcerated women has increased by 92 Beck and Mumola 1998 . Offenses related to illegal drugs account for nearly 40 of this increase. Historically offenses such as larceny forgery embezzlement and prostitution accounted for the majority of women s sentences OJP Special Report 1998 . It is also important to note that the number of women receiving sentences of more than one year has increased by 80 since 1990 Beck and Mumola 1999 . Figure 1. Sentenced female prisoners in State and Federal institutions on December 31 1997 -- United States 1925-1997 Figure 2. State and Federal female incarceration 100 000 . residents 1998 ND 1 MN WY SD NE IA CO 1 KS 1 NM WA OR VT ImB 5 Ny 1 PAyi TToH JINO - kyJx MCiWi tVax JNXr NC AIL cX 1NJ de MD DC NH MA RI Drawn from Greenfeld and Snell 1999 Table 23 rates per Ml 54 to 173 17 38 to 54 17 9 to 38 17 This figure is not available on the PDF version of this document. To view the figure please visit the Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics Online at http sourcebook 1995 pdf The . Corrections System The Bureau of Prisons is a component of the United States Department of Justice. It has six regional offices nine divisions and the National Institute of Corrections under whose jurisdiction fall jails prisons community corrections and the Bureau s Academy. Federal prison inmates with a few exceptions are individuals who have been convicted of or are awaiting trial for violating Federal laws. Most persons convicted of violating State or local laws are sent to State prisons or city or county jails. Jails are locally-operated correctional facilities that confine persons before adjudication or those with a sentence .