Female Population In Prison Research Paper

Female population in prison have increased by 646% from 1980 to 2010 (Umamaheswar, 2017). Out of the general population, most of the females are mothers of children under 18 or pregnant inmates. Since mothers are usually the primary caretaker, it does not only affect the mother but the child as well as. Back then, when inmates were pregnant before they were incarcerated, they had to decide on either giving the child away to a relative or putting them into the foster care system. Today, nursery programs are being established in women’s facilities. This program allows the mother to keep their child with them for a certain amount of time. However, the problem with this program is that there are only nine states, out of fifty, who has this program