These Boots Are Made for Women. / Cheryl Clark and Leslie Kellam.
by Clark, Cheryl; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 64Institutions. Publisher: Corrections Today, 2001ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Female offenders | Recidivism | Reformatories for women | Shock incarceration | Women prisonersDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Since the 1980s, a variety of boot-camp style programs have been developed in most states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), offering reduced sentences in exchange for participation in special programs that involve military-type drills, strict discipline and physical challenges....The creators of New York's Shock Incarceration Program have worked to effectively balance the discipline-oriented military aspects of shock incarceration with its intensive therapeutic programming...With special emphasis on treatment and education and careful attention to the special needs of women in boot camp, New York ensures that shock incarceration provides an equal opportunity for women to participate and succeed in the program." (CORRECTIONS TODAY) This article focuses on New York's Shock Incarceration Program, one of the many boot camps for female offenders that are cropping up across the country.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: These Boots Are Made for Women, Feb. 2001; pp. 50-54.
"Since the 1980s, a variety of boot-camp style programs have been developed in most states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), offering reduced sentences in exchange for participation in special programs that involve military-type drills, strict discipline and physical challenges....The creators of New York's Shock Incarceration Program have worked to effectively balance the discipline-oriented military aspects of shock incarceration with its intensive therapeutic programming...With special emphasis on treatment and education and careful attention to the special needs of women in boot camp, New York ensures that shock incarceration provides an equal opportunity for women to participate and succeed in the program." (CORRECTIONS TODAY) This article focuses on New York's Shock Incarceration Program, one of the many boot camps for female offenders that are cropping up across the country.
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