Mental Health Among Female Offenders in the United States

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There are various studies that indicate a high level of mental illness in female
offenders. They suffer from victimizations, emotional trauma, sexuality and physical
health. Within the justice system in the US, the mental health of women is perceived
as female offenders are highly demotivated. Female offenders have received
psychiatric evaluations just because they are not self-reported for their mental
illness. Substance abuse is closely linked with overall experiences of PSTD and
victimizations that affects the mental health of women. Anxiety and externalized
problems like aggression and delinquency are also important reasons for mental
illness in female offenders (Mental health among female offenders in the United
States, 2019).
The important subpopulation in women sector has experienced mental health
problems at greater rates than counterparts of male. The problems are negative
outcomes, substance abuse and depressions to intimate partner violence.
Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder that is found in incarcerated
women in the US. There are various factors which significantly affect health of
mental illness as disorders which affect the mood, addictive behaviours,
schizophrenia and anxiety disorders ( SARACENO, LEVAV, & KOHN, 2005). The
differences coincide with discrepancy of experiences that creates mental ill offenders
once they enter in the criminal justice system. The significant factor that causes most
health problems in incarcerated women is bipolar disorder, dependency, bipolar
disorder and dysthymia. These will affect the mental illness in a higher number of
rates including all the factors.
There are various plans for their treatments that exist for female offenders.
They provide assistance in finding employment opportunities and mental health
services to women offenders. Children and women’s provide improvement retention
techniques with the development of combined classes to them (Unique Treatment
Needs , 2019). Programming and incarceration alternatives are the development
programs for women offenders in all their approaches to management.
Administration and State level nominate these programs for women offenders and
their children to protect themselves ( Morash, Bynum, & Koons, 2019).
Psychological programs include mental health programs, substance abuse
that will create a more positive impact on women and helps to boost them for fast
recovery. There are work training substitutes for all the women in prison industries
and total of 48 programs falls in this category that parents do comes together for
their contributions to help them. The range of education programs, health programs
includes AIDS education and major programs with the development of life skills are
being made for the development of female offender that suits the female
incarceration experiences. Safety, connection, and empowerment are all the
treatment plans that exist for female offender which suits female incarcerations
(Gender-Specific Programming for Female Offenders, 2019).