| This research concerns women released from secure custody in Louisiana. It includes a sample of sentenced inmates processed through a large urban jail and a sample of former inmates now discharged from custody. Using a detailed survey instrument applicable to both in-custody and out-of-custody populations, women in custody were questioned about the problems they expected to encounter after discharge, and women out of custody were questioned about the problems they had actually encountered. The research is intended to determine how women in custody see their own needs, and to see if the problems they expect to encounter in custody are the real problems they in fact encounter on the street later. The survey instrument also included a narrative section for responses to interviews conducted by the researchers. |
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