Health Care in the Prison System

Paper Summary:

This paper presents a review of a study conducted about the lack of decent health care available to female prisoners. The paper also explores the different systems available to male prisoners compared to female prisoners and concludes that the health care system in California's prisons needs to be addressed and that women should have the same level of medical care available to them that male offenders have.

Contents:
Introduction
Health care
Rehab and social support
Results and analysis
Discussion and conclusions

From the Paper:

"According to the Department of Corrections for the state of California, there are approximately 160,000 individuals in jail in the state of California. (California Prison Growth 2003) The census shows that 9,797 of these individuals are women and 150,000 are men. (California Prison Growth 2003)There are several issues that make prison life in California particularly difficult for women. These issues concern vocational services, educational services, healthcare, and rehabilitation services. The purpose of this discussion is to review previous studies that have examined the disparity in the treatment of men and women in California's prisons."

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