The Female Prison in the United States

The female prison population in the United States is increasing at an alarming rate. According to Ajinkya (2013), the number of women imprisoned in state prisons or federal prisons increased by 21.6% between 2000 and 2009. The proportion of prison inmate is high, poor people, ethnic minorities and young people, and eventually it will be released and reunited, returning to a criminal lifestyle or adopting a new social responsible behavior pattern I will do. 2005). According to the Justice Center (2012), 19% of women released from prison will reappear in the first three years after release.

The social structure of prisons in American men and women has different social structure and cultural norms seen in the prison population of men and women. Although there are many potential similarities between the two groups of people, sociologists have traditionally pointed out different formal and informal social structures within the prison population. One of the most common and outstanding differences is the emergence of fake families in female prisons. It has been discussed in the texts of sociology since the 1930's, but it has not been found in men's prison. This difference is a manifestation of social factors based on gender that affect men and women 's population in prison and in larger societies.

The female prison population in the United States is increasing at an alarming rate. According to Ajinkya (2013), the number of women imprisoned in state prisons or federal prisons increased by 21.6% between 2000 and 2009. The proportion of prison inmate is high, poor people, ethnic minorities and young people, and eventually it will be released and reunited, returning to a criminal lifestyle or adopting a new social responsible behavior pattern I will do. 2005). According to the Justice Center (2012), 19% of women released from prison will reappear in the first three years after release.

In international and the US, prisoners are mainly men (see Figure 2). In 2011, 6.7% of state and federal prison population is female, increasing from 6.4% in 2000. Between 2000 and 2011, the annual average rate of change in female prison population was + 1.4% (Carson & Sabol, 2012). The majority of inmates in prisons are adults over the age of 18 (see Figure 3, ICPS data). In the US, the number of juveniles in state prisons under the age of 18 has decreased from 5,400 (2000) in 1997 to 1,790 (Carson & Sabol) as of the end of 2011. Approximately 61% of American prisoners were sentenced to under the age of 40 in 2011, but the elderly population (over 65 years old) is the fastest growing segment in the US prison population (Human Rights Watch , 2012).