Female Prisoners Need Opportunities, Solutions, Says University of Arkansas Researcher.

Byline: University of Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research from the University of Arkansas reveals the boredom and humiliation female inmates endure in prison and makes a strong case for allocating more treatment and education resources to this growing population. The research goes on to state that the expectations society pins on female convicts often are undermined by the treatment it dishes out to them.

Women currently represent less than seven percent of the prison population, according to Denise Huggins, assistant professor of criminal justice, but their numbers are increasing. Over the past dozen years, the female inmate population has grown at a faster rate than males, and women are now incarcerated at a higher rate for drug-related crimes than are men.

Yet in spite of this increased population and increased need, the criminal justice system continues to neglect the special needs of female prisoners - delivering …