Transcript Supportive Housing and Justice

Supportive Housing
and Justice-Involved Women
Ann L. Jacobs, Director
Prisoner Reentry Institute
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
www.jjay.cuny.edu/pri
[email protected]
646.557.4532
Supportive Housing and JusticeInvolved Women
Supportive housing for women with criminal
justice involvement makes sense because it:
• Addresses risks for future criminal activity
• Promotes family stability and positive
outcomes for children
• Saves money
Why Focus on Women?
• More than 1,000,000 women are
currently involved in the criminal justice
system (1 out of every 109 adult
women) and now account for 7% of
state and federal prison populations.
• The number of women in prison has
increased at nearly double the rate of
men since 1985 (404% versus 209%).
The Sentencing Project (May 2007); NCCD (July 2007)
At the end of 2009, there were 105,197 women
incarcerated in State or Federal prisons.
2464 of those women were incarcerated in
New York State.
These numbers do not include approximately
900,000 women in local jails or under
correctional supervision in the community
(probation, parole, alternative to
incarceration programs).
Men and Women in State Prisons
Percentage Inmates Incarcerated
Estimated percent of sentenced prisoners under State jurisdiction,
by offense and sex, yearend 2004
60%
53%
50%
40%
34%
31%
29%
30%
20%
19%
20%
10%
0%
Violent Offenses
Property Offenses
Offense Type
Drug Offenses
Bureau of Justice Statistics (2007). Prisoners in 2006.
Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice
Male
Female
Women in the Criminal Justice
System: who are they?
• Early 30s
• Drug-related crimes
• Undereducated/unskilled
• Poverty
• Unemployed
• Disproportionately
women of color
• Mothers to minor
children
• Victims of physical
and/or sexual abuse
• Substance abuse
problems
• Health problems
• Mental health issues
Bloom, B., Owen, B., & Covington, S. (2003).