15: Engendering Prisons and History of Women Guards: Part II

Women's prison populations began booming in the past 25 years, and their growth has continued to unprecedented and unexpected numbers. This has resulted in lower standards in female prisons, and thereby more instances of illness and deaths due to illness. This is the result of women not being perceived as possibly violent, but as naturally idle, sweet beings. Work done in male and female prisons is While men's prisons have employed men for hard labor and harsh punishment. Conversely, women have been charged with distinctly "womanly" labor: sewing, cleaning and cooking, namely.