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In 1977, there were height and weight restrictions (minimum 5’2”, 120 lbs) to be considered as an applicant for an Alabama prison guard. Such requirements ruled out Dianne Rawlinson, who brought forth a class action suit against the requirements under the disparate impact theory of Title VII. After Rawlinson filed her suit, Alabama passed a ...
Social groups in male and female prisons in the United States differ in the social structures and cultural norms observed in men's and women's prison populations. While there are many underlying similarities between the two sets of populations, sociologists have historically noted different formal and informal social structures within inmate populations.
In the United States in 2015, women made up 10.4% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails. [5] [6] Between 2000 and 2010, the number of males in prison grew by 1.4% per annum, while the number of females grew by 1.9% per annum.
Brooklyn Hughes, left, is a transgender woman who was incarcerated at the federal prison in Leavenworth. She said she faced discrimination, threats and violence at the facility. Satyagrahi was a ...
Mae Suzuki was stuck in a cycle of restrictive dieting and bingeing for years. She applied the visualization technique, popularized by people like Steve Jobs, and lost 40 pounds.
An Indiana woman who weighed 340 pounds killed her 10-year-old foster son by sitting on him for “acting up” and now will head to prison.. Jennifer Lee Wilson, 48, has been sentenced to six ...
The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that in 2011–2012, 16% of white prison inmates, 20% of black/African American prison inmates, 16% of Hispanic or Latino prison inmates, and 20% of prison with some other racial identification were in solitary confinement at some point.
More than 130 women who were formerly inmates at prisons for women in California have filed suit, saying guards sexually abused them. 'Every woman's worst nightmare': Lawsuit alleges widespread ...