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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York, NY : A & E Television Networks, 1993.
Description:	1 online resource (44 min.).
Language:	English
Series:	Criminal justice and public safety in video Investigative reports
Subject:	Female offenders. Women prisoners -- California. Female offenders. Women prisoners. California. Documentaries and Factual Films Documentary films. Documentary films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13623476

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Other authors / contributors:	Arts & Entertainment Networks. Kurtis Productions.
Notes:	Title from resource description page (viewed May 23, 2014). This edition in English.
Summary:	The documentary takes a look at women in prison, exploring some of the reasons why they were incarcerated. Discusses how poverty, domestic violence, drug abuse, and sexual abuse contribute to female criminality. Interviews with inmates, prison officials and psychologists highlight the many shortcomings of the current system and point to the changes that must be made as more and more women are sentenced to jail time. Many of the women interviewed are from the Central California Womens' Facility, Madera, CA.
Other form:	Print version: Women in prison. New York, NY : A & E Television Networks, 1993

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