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The Department of Corrections is committed to providing gender-responsive environments to women offenders confined in the Division of Adult Institutions and under supervision of the Board of Probation and Parole. The Women's Program Manager was established to ensure accountability, reliability, and continuous improvement in meeting this commitment.
Our goal is to ensure gender responsive programs are available to female offenders that provide health, mental health, self esteem, parenting, academic education, vocational education, substance abuse and life skills assistance to enhance their opportunities for successful transition back into society. Inter-divisional collaborations, interagency collaboration and bonds with community organizations are utilized in pursuit of this goal.
AGENCY PLAN AND STATUS REPORT FOR WOMEN OFFENDERS
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
LARRY CRAWFORD, DIRECTOR
The rapidly growing women offender population is challenging the corrections professional as society has emphasized the male offender population regarding programming, behavior patterns and management issues. When rehabilitating women, corrections historically used a “one size fits all” concept. Recent research, in addition to the growing realization that women do have many different needs than men, has challenged the correctional focus on how we rehabilitate offenders.
The Missouri Department of Corrections is committed to a proactive role in providing gender responsive services to the women offender population, those incarcerated as well as those under community supervision. As a result of legislation passed in 2001, a Women’s Program Manager position has been established within the Department to ensure accountability, reliability and continuous improvement in this area.
A Women’s Issues Committee has been established to assist the Women’s Program Manager in accomplishing goals set for this population. Each Division of the Department of Corrections is represented to encompass all women under the umbrella of the Missouri Department of Corrections.
In an effort to guide the Women’s Program Manager and the Women’s Issues Committee in a strategic direction, an Agency Plan for Women Offenders has been developed. Each year a status report will be completed to show data and statistics regarding the women in the Missouri Department of Corrections.
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