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Describe what is currently being done to make staff in women's prisons more competent and professional.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is being done to curtail the sexual assault of female prisoners?
 
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Answer to Question 1

A movement is in motion to create higher levels of professionalism in women's prisons. Professionalism in a women's prison includes:

 A commitment to develop programming for inmates that deals with their present and helps them plan for the future.
 A desire to treat inmates with dignity and respect.
 A wide commitment to engage staff in prison management and operations.
 A refusal to accept abusive treatment from staff toward inmates.
 A determination to provide a safe environment for inmates and staff.
 A realization that staff training is a necessary aspect of a humane prison.
 A desire to model positive behavior.
 A willingness to purse accreditation of the facility.

Answer to Question 2

Organizations are bringing the issue of sexual assault to light. The International Women's Day organization documented more than 1,000 cases of sexual abuse of U.S. prisoners by correctional staff. Human Rights Watch took the U.S. government to task for failing to protect the women who are subjected to institutional rape, which is a violation of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. There has been a great deal of litigation related to sexual abuse of female prisoners. Several inmates have been awarded significant amounts of money as victims of sexual abuse in prisons.



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