On December 9, 2014 members from the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School addressed the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights about issues facing incarcerated women, particularly those in the federal system.
The statement presented to the Judiciary Committee focused on several topics that have a direct impact on women in the criminal justice system. The issues include:
Distance, Visiting and Families
Promoting and Discouraging Prison Visits: Policy Examples from the States
Classification and Gender-Responsive Programming,
Safety, Health, and Sexual Assault
Education, Work, UNICOR, and Reentry
The statement concluded that Congress can do more to bring attention to the issues facing incarcerated women and therefore provide “a substantial impact on prisoners, their families, and the communities to which prisoners will return.”
Read the full statement here.
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