Essay On Women In Prison

“So I would read the whole Bible. I would break it down into sections. You're in a grave and you're endeavoring to live. That's how to best describe it: endeavoring to live in a grave. You're endeavoring to live cause you're not dead yet, but nobody aurally perceives you when you call out, 'Hey, I'm alive!” (Megan Sweeney the Story Within Us). We all ken that prison life is hard for the males in America and abroad, but the women have it a lot harder. Women are soft subtle and gentle creatures that God have engendered and to visually perceive them locked up is a tragedy. All prisoners have a struggle but we will visually examine the role of the female in confinement and how hard it is to get back on your feet after being confined. Even though, the struggle for women emerging from prison is a lot arduous for them
Of women in U.S. state prisons, about a moiety of that population do not have a high school diploma or equipollent. A lack of edification can withal be a major factor. For those who have to pay rent, unpaid internships or returning to school are not authentic options to engender a more desirable resume. “half of women in confinement participate in scholastic or vocational programming and only one of every five women takes high school or GED classes” (Lalonde). Only a moiety of women’s correctional facilities offers post-secondary edification. There are plenty of programs that are in the prison system to avail women get the inculcation they require so when they get out they can get a job to provide for them. Most of the women in the prison system will not capitalize on these because they believe once they get on the outside they feel like it would be a waste of their time. Beside furthering their higher education learning, there are programs out there to help and assist the prison women to help her with her transition back into civilian