I need to know where was the first women prison and and what year did the first woman prison open up. I need accuracy please i need direct answers. THANKS A BUNCH BOO!
2007-03-07 03:44:58 · 2 answers · asked by nishababe74 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The first separate women's prisons mirrored the institutions that housed male convicts. Joliet Women's Prison opened its doors across the street from the male penitentiary (of the same name) in 1896. Reform ideals contradicted the administration of this institution, which emphasized security concerns even though many warden-matrons were educated in the tradition of progressive reformers and took a more sympathetic view toward their charges than national trends dictated. Prison reform took new shape when the cottage-style Illinois State Reformatory for Women at Dwight opened in 1930.
2007-03-07 04:17:54 · answer #1 · answered by Eden* 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This will get you started
http://www.prisonactivist.org/women/women-and-imprisonment.html
And this is homework help, not do my homework for me so don't demand accuracy and direct answers.
2007-03-07 11:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by parsonsel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋