Women Drug Policies And Incarceration
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Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions Judicial ...
www.ojp.govrelease from incarceration rely on this important safety net? Not always. In a majority of states, persons with felony drug convictions face a lifetime ban on receiving public assistance. In 2013, approximately 180,000 women were subject to the ban on such assistance in the twelve states with the most punitive policies.
A Social Work Perspective on Drug Policy Reform
drugpolicy.orgpatterns of arrests and incarceration for low-level drug crimes. According to Human Rights Watch (2008), the punitive anti-drug policies of the last 20 years bear heavy responsibility for the extremely high and disproportionate representation of black Americans in the U.S. prison population. Drug offenses have played a greater role
Drug War in the Philippines - Tom Lantos Human Rights ...
humanrightscommission.house.govdrug users, gay men, transgender women, and female prostitutes, the rate of new infections ... Further, as Central America has painfully learned in its struggles against street gangs, mass incarceration policies turn prisons into recruiting grounds for organized crime. Given persisting jihadi terrorism in the Philippines, mass imprisonment of ...
Structural and Social Determinants of Health (SSDHs)
www.treatmentactiongroup.orgto one in 45 and for Black women one in 18. LGBTQ populations are also disproportionally impacted by mass incarceration, particularly for transgender populations. Laws that lead to the criminalization of LGBTQ people (e.g., the recent wave of transgender bathroom bills), sex workers, undocumented populations, and drug use—and unusually harsh
2021 Adult Preventive Health Guidelines
www.healthnet.comScreen pregnancy women and those at high risk for infection such those with a history of incarceration, history of commercial sex work, certain racial/ethnic groups, and being a male younger than 29 years, as well as regional variations. Chlamydia All sexually active women 24 years of age or younger, including adolescents, are
THE FACTS OF LIFE SENTENCES - Sentencing Project
www.sentencingproject.orgDrug offense Other Property offense While people of color are over-represented in prisons and jails; this disparity is even more evident among those sentenced to life imprisonment, where one of every five African American prisoners is serving a life sentence. Over 6,000 women are serving life or virtual life sentences. The number of women ...
Women in Prison: A Fact Sheet - Prison Policy Initiative
www.prisonpolicy.org• From 1986 to 1996, the number of women sentenced to state prison for drug crimes increased from 2,370 to 23,700. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington DC Prisoners in 1997) • In 1986, 12.0% of women in prison were drug offenders. In 1991, 32.8% of women in prison were incarcerated for drug offenses.
The Social Determinants of Substance Abuse: The Social and ...
ruor.uottawa.cato illicit drug abuse.1 As a public health concern, substance abuse accounts for 5.4% of the globe's annual disease burden,2 while in the developed world 1 in 10 cases of HIV/AIDS transmission is caused by intravenous drug use. 3 On an individual level the 1 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2010). World Drug Report. Vienna. 2 WHO ...