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Women and the Prison Industrial Complex

Women and the Prison Industrial Complex

In recent years in most countries , especially the United

States , incarceration rates have grown significantly . Although most of the inmates are still men , generally the female portion of this enlarged prison population has been rising at an even faster rate . Globalization has helped fuel this explosion , as consequences of free trade agreements and the international war on drugs . Because of free trade agreements manufacturers produce their goods in low wage countries . Women are the most likely to be impoverished because of this practice and many are

br susceptible to becoming low level drug couriers to augment their income

Mothers Reclaiming our Children was established in Los Angeles as a political action group to combat the racism of the LAPD in questionable use of force cases against blacks and in uneven application of laws such as the three strikes ' law where blacks would be charged but not whites in identical circumstances . Other similar political action groups have been formed in cities and countries around the globe because of similar oppressive and biased policies and judicial systems

Queering Anti-Prison Work discusses the need to consider the effect of sexual orientation when studying the factors making women vulnerable , both as criminal victims and instigators of certain types of crime , such as prostitution , drug use and theft . Sexual orientation adds another layer to exploitation inducing factors such as poverty , race and gender

Governments around the world have tried to cope with demands for law and by building more...

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