The Psychosocial Needs of Hawaiian Women Incarcerated for Drug-Related Crimes

The incarceration rate of women for non-violent drug-related offenses in Hawai'i is now outpacing that of men. While females of Native Hawaiian descent comprise less than 10% of the total State population, the ratio among incarcerated women is a disproportionate 40%. The pathways to drug abuse and related crimes are different for men and women. Discrimination and survival of what is often a lifetime of interpersonal violence are salient contributors to the behaviors leading to the imprisonment of women. There must be full consideration of these issues to reach proper understanding of the complexity of the unmet needs underlying the behaviors leading to arrest, and to resolve them. A needs assessment was conducted at a work-furlough program for women in Honolulu in order to better understand their self-identified psychosocial needs. This paper challenges social workers and policy makers to consider the distinct needs of this population, and to design and implement appropriate and adequate services to lessen recidivism

Criminology · Environmental health · Imprisonment · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Recidivism · Substance abuse · Medicine · Psychology · Research in Social Sciences

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