The Gender-Responsive Strategies Project: Jail Application

This article covers current research about women offenders and strategies for evaluating current operating procedures related to women offenders.

Sections of this bulletin include: introduction; women in jail—their numbers and characteristics; the Gender-Responsive Strategies project—approach and findings; six gender-responsive guiding principles—implications for jail administrators; jail classification and gender-responsive strategies for implementation in a jail setting; challenges and how to overcome them; parity and equity in programming; next steps; improving jail operations—how jail administrators benefit from considering gender-responsive strategies; Maximizing Opportunities for Mothers to Succeed (MOMS): Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, Oakland, CA; and conclusion.