Women Beyond Bars: An exploration of the causes and effects of the mass incarceration of women in West Virginia
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Creation Date
2020
Description
In 2012, Kindra Simpson was sentenced to prison for 5 years. Because of lack of space in Lakin Correctional Center, she served 15 months in Western Regional Jail and about four-to-five months in Tygart Valley Regional Jail before spending the last three months of her sentence in Lakin. Jails don’t offer the same educational and rehabilitation resources as prisons, and inmates aren’t able to work to earn money for commissary during their time in jail.
Because she spent so much time in regional jail, there wasn’t enough time left for her to take part in the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program when she arrived at Lakin.
“Incarceration is not rehabilitation in any form. What was the point of keeping me locked up for all that time just to release me back out to a world that I don’t know anymore?” Simpson asked.
Keywords
mass incarceration, West Virginia, women