Dislocation and Relocation: Women in the Federal Prison System and Repurposing FCI Danbury for Men

Authors

Anna Arons, St. John's University School of LawFollow
Katherine Culver
Emma Kaufman
Jennifer Yun
Hope Metcalf
Megan Quattlebaum
Judith Resnik

Document Type

Report

Publication Title

Arthur Liman Public Interest Program

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

(Excerpt)

This Report tracks the lack of progress in keeping federal prison space in the Northeast available for women and the impact of the absence of bed-spaces for women on the implementation of federal policies committed to reducing over-incarceration. The problems began in the summer of 2013, when the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced plans to transform its only prison for women in the Northeast—FCI Danbury—into a facility for men. The BOP explained that this self-described “mission change” was a response to the need to provide more low-security beds for male prisoners.

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Available at: https://law.yale.edu/sites/default/files/area/center/liman/document/Liman_report__Dislocation_and_Relocation_Danbury_distribution__Aug__29_2014_%281%29.pdf