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Women Behind Bars (1958-00-00)
About this film
The special guest this episode is Miss Nina Kinsella. Miss Kinsella is warden at the Federal Reformatory for women at Alderson, West Virginia. Women prisoners do not present the same problems men do, says criminologist Joseph D. Lohman. However, the situation is the serious and approximately 10,000 women are in prison today. Lohman describes the problems which arise when these women are removed from a conventional social life. Filmed scenes illustrate the activities of women in prison and a female inmate is interviewed. Miss Kinsella and Lohman discuss her experiences in working with imprisoned women and their parallels with the male offender problem. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Directors & creators
WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Women prisoners, Female offenders, Incarceration, Criminology, Sociology, Recidivism, Rehabilitation, Prisons, Jails, Penal reform, Federal Reformatory for Women, Alderson, West Virginia, Nina Kinsella, Joseph D. Lohman, Criminal justice system, Social stigma, Reformatories, Community reintegration, 1950s history, Correctional institutions, Sentencing, Gender differences in crime, Prison administration, Educational television, Crimes of passion
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