Women & Girls in the Criminal Justice System
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Women & Girls in the Criminal Justice System - Programs

This section provides examples of State and local programs and initiatives available online.

The Center for Young Women's Development
The center, a nonprofit organization in San Francisco, provides gender-specific, peer- based opportunities for high-risk low- and no-income young women to build healthier lives and healthier communities.

The Connecticut Women's Consortium
The mission of The Connecticut Women's Consortium is to improve behavioral health care for women and their children.

Department of Women's Justice Services, Cook County Sheriff's Office
This department within the Cook County Sheriff's Office administers gender-responsive drug treatment programs for female offenders.

Girl Power Campaign
This site seeks to reinforce and sustain positive values among girls ages 9 to 14 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls.

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Incarcerated Mothers Law Project
The project provides educational workshops on family law to groups of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women. Volunteer lawyers help mothers maintain their families and make important decisions about the care of their children.

Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties: Female Offenders
This is an association of counties that operate corrections programming within their communities under the provisions of the Minnesota Community Corrections Act of 1973.

San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women
The commission is a department of the city and county of San Francisco whose purpose is to ensure women & girls have equal economic, social, political and educational opportunities.

South Dakota Mother Infant Programs
Knowing the importance of the parent-child bond, the South Dakota Department of Corrections has several programs in place to help the bond between female inmates and their children.

STEP WON (Support, Training, Employment Program-Woman Offender Network)
STEP WON offers adult women offenders who are single parents, displaced homemakers, or single pregnant women a program of vocational, educational, and personal development that targets the barriers and special needs of this population.

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Urban Women Against Substance Abuse (UWASA)
UWASA is a school-based program that targets Puerto Rican, Latina, and African- and Caribbean-American girls, and their female caregivers that are at a high risk for drug abuse, high school dropout, pregnancy, and sexual abuse. A central feature of program is a self-development curriculum that teaches girls to build cultural and gender identity.

Washington State Coalition on Women's Substance Abuse Issues
Works to advocate for women whose lives are affected by chemical dependency

When the Bough Breaks
When the Bough Breaks explores the lives of children in three families whose mothers are incarcerated for nonviolent crimes.

Wisconsin Women's Education Network
The mission of the WWEN Project is to provide training, technical assistance and networking to reduce stigma, raise awareness and create more gender-responsive treatment for women who have the disease of addiction.

Women and Family Services
This division of the Illinois Department of Corrections provides services that address the unique needs of the committed female and her family, implements educational and vocational programs that will provide a direct link to employment, and provides direct oversight of all female institutions.

Women, Co-Occurring Disorders and Violence Study
The goal of the Women, Co-Occurring Disorders and Violence Study is to produce information and knowledge about an integrated services approach for women, ages 18 or older, with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, who also have histories of physical and/or sexual abuse.

Women Coping in Prison
This project explores the subjective and objective parameters of women's experiences while living in a prison environment.

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