Women are a small, yet growing, increasingly diverse and complex group out of the overall
Canadian prison population. From 2005 to 2015, the population of people in Canadian …

As the fastest-growing prison population worldwide, women face distinct barriers to
successful community reintegration after incarceration. In Canada, the number of females …

In their journeys to prison and community re-entry, women leaving prison tend to share
overarching challenges connected to lives of poverty, trauma, and abuse. Community Re …

Comparatively little is known about how Canadian prisoners experience and make sense of
their lives inside Canadian correctional facilities. Based on 39 qualitative in-depth interviews …

This study seeks to apply and expand the feminist pathways perspective of women who are
incarcerated. The current study leverages thematic content analysis to examine women's …

Since the 1990s, women have represented the fastest-growing prison population in the
United States (United States Department of Justice, 2009). High incarceration rates for …

In Canada, relatively little research has been conducted on the post-prison experiences of
women returning to the community. This paper examines how women experience …

Women who have been incarcerated are disadvantaged in many respects as they enter
community (Pedlar, Arai, Yuen, & Fortune, 2008). When putting their lives back together …

This research into social justice explored how women transitioning from prison into the
community can raise awareness and challenge stigmatic attributions that interfere with …

Drawing public attention to the plight of criminalized and imprisoned women is not an easy
task. This is especially true when lived experiences do not reflect a neat and simplistic …