Women behind bars

In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman points out that women prisoners do not present the same problems as men do. However, the situation is serious and approximately 10,000 women are in prison today. Lohman describes the problems which arise when these women are removed from a conventional social life. Filmed scenes illustrate the activities of women in prison and a female inmate is interviewed. Miss Kinsella and Lohman discuss her experiences in working with imprisoned women and their parallels with the male offender problem.

More in In COMMUNITY OF THE CONDEMNED

  1. ALTERNATIVE TO IMPRISONMENT
  2. An Integrated Correctional System
  3. COUNTY JAIL: INTRODUCTION TO CRIME
  4. FORGOTTEN ONES: FAMILIES OF INMATES
  5. GOING OUT OF PRISON
  6. SPIRITUAL LIFE IN PRISONS
  7. THE TRAINING OF DOCTORS
  8. WHO RUNS THE PRISONS?
  9. Classification and segregation in prisons 1958
  10. Size of penal institutions 1958
  11. A comprehensive prison system 1959
  12. After jail, what? 1959
  13. Is prison work a profession? 1959
  14. Self-governing prisons 1959
  15. Training schools 1959
  16. Women behind bars 1959
  17. EX-CON 1997

Related films

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, genre, description, catalog record
  2. Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62) — title, catalog record