Differences In Men's Prisons

There are numerous differences between men’s and women’s prisons in the United States. Differences in men’s and women’s prisons are a result of a variety of different factors including differences in physiology, brain chemistry, and differences in brain structure. According to Jantz (2014), “females tend to have verbal centers on both sides of the brain, while males tend to have verbal centers on only the left hemisphere.” These structural differences result in vast differences in how males and female connect verbal communication and emotion. The lack of additional verbal centers with male brains result in males being more task oriented and males often have little desire to express their emotions. The additional verbal centers found within female brains give women an increased desire to express their emotions.
This increased desire to express emotions has resulted in the formation of pseudo families within female prisons. According to Bowker (1981), “The only area in which the subcultures differ substantially, however, is with the existence of
Prison gangs are present with women’s prisons although, a majority of prison gangs exist with men’s prisons. According to Cameron (2013), " ...connections between inmates are often based more on anger and violence.” As a result, inmates resort to joining prison gangs in order to ensure their safety. Prison gangs serve as a form of protection against threatening individuals and opposing gangs. Individuals within prison gangs channel their violence and aggression towards individuals within opposing prison gangs. Prison gangs exist within women’s prison facilities much for the same reason but to a lesser extent than which they exist within male prison’s. I believe that pseudo families exist to a lesser extent within male prisons due to increased levels of violence and aggression with male