Surviving Incarceration: Two Prison-Based Peer Programs Build Communities of Support for Female Offenders
Surviving Incarceration: Two Prison-Based Peer Programs Build Communities of Support for Female Offenders
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10.1080/01639620903004812
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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1.6
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Collica, Kimberly
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作者：
Collica, Kimberly
男性和女性都在囚犯亚文化中扮演不同的角色，以求在监禁的痛苦中生存下来。据推测，女性比男性感受到监禁的痛苦更严重的一个原因是与家人和孩子分离的困难。为了缓解分离带来的痛苦，女性囚犯在监狱里重新创造了她们失去的家人。最近的研究发现，美国女性监狱伪家的性质可能正在演变，相应地，重要性也在下降。由于一个人在监狱里的伙伴可能会影响制度调整，因此与支持性的社会网络联系在一起可以防止出现适应不良的时期。这项探索性研究基于49名女性罪犯的叙述，考察了两个以艾滋病毒为基础的监狱同伴计划对纽约州囚犯同伴的影响，以及它帮助这些女性罪犯应对监禁痛苦的独特能力。作者发现，这样的项目为女性罪犯提供了领导、支持和指导，不仅创造了一个亲社会的环境，而且塑造了一个完整的社区。这一社区在监狱围墙外继续存在，为妇女提供情感支持，并随后提高了机构和释放后的成功程度。以监狱为基础的同伴方案的使用为传统的女性假家庭创造了一种积极的、以传统为导向的替代方案，并对康复和重返社会倡议产生了重大影响。
Both men and women adopt various roles in the inmate subculture to survive the pains of imprisonment. It is assumed that one reason females feel the pains of imprisonment more harshly than males is because of the difficulty in being separated from their family and children. To ameliorate the pains of separation, female inmates re-create their lost family in prison. Recent works have found that the nature of America's female prison opseudo familyo may be evolving, and correspondingly, diminishing in importance. Since one's associates in prison can affect institutional adjustment, being associated with a supportive social network can prevent periods of maladjustment. This exploratory study, based on the narratives of 49 female offenders, examined the effects of two HIV prison-based peer programs on inmate peers in New York State and its unique ability to help these female offenders cope with the pains of incarceration. The author found that such programs provided leadership, support, and guidance for female offenders, and not only created a prosocial environment, but fashioned an entire community. This community continued outside of the prison walls, provided women with emotional support, and subsequently resulted in increased levels of institutional and post-release success. The use of prison-based peer programs creates a positive, conventionally oriented alternative to the traditional female pseudo family and poses significant implications for rehabilitation and reentry initiatives.