Below is a list of research and data regarding women's prisons and the females incarcerated within them. Following is a list of data and information specific to Western Australia. This is not an an endorsement of the authors or their perspectives.
Addressing women's victimisation histories in custodial settings Stathopoulos, M., with Quadara, A., Fileborn, B., & Clark, H. (2012). Addressing women's victimisation histories in custodial settings (ACSSA Issues No. 13). Melbourne: Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault, Australian Institute of Family Studies. https://aifs.gov.au/publications/addressing-womens-victimisation-histories-custodial-settings Good practice in women’s prisons: A literature review Dr Lorana Bartels, Antonette Gaffney AIC Reports Technical and Background Paper 41 https://www.aic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/tbp041.pdf Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Prisoners Gergõ Baranyi, Megan Cassidy, Seena Fazel, Stefan Priebe, Adrian P Mundt, Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Prisoners, Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 40, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 134–145, https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxx015 Traumatic brain injury and abuse among female offenders compared to non-incarcerated controls O'Rourke, C., Linden, M. A., & Lohan, M. (2018). Traumatic brain injury and abuse among female offenders compared to non-incarcerated controls. Brain Injury. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2018.1539872 Women in Prison With Traumatic Brain Injury: Prevalence, Mechanism, and Impact on Mental Health Woolhouse R, McKinlay A, Grace RC. Women in Prison With Traumatic Brain Injury: Prevalence, Mechanism, and Impact on Mental Health. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2018 Aug;62(10):3135-3150. doi: 10.1177/0306624X17726519. Epub 2017 Aug 23. PMID: 28831827. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28831827/ More research can be found here: https://information-at.wixsite.com/inigw/research
Government of Western Australia
Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services
2020 INSPECTION OF BANDYUP WOMEN’S PRISON
https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/4110008a24d1503f1f7e1740482586c6002a40c5/$file/08+(2021).pdf
Botello, C. M. (2017). Women's imprisonment and recidivism: An illustrative analysis of Boronia Women's Pre-Release Centre (Western Australia) and progressive/open prison systems in Norway and Sweden (Master of Philosophy (School of Arts and Sciences)). University of Notre Dame Australia.
https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/theses/172
Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services
Trends influencing the prison population in Western Australia 2005 - 2016
https://www.oics.wa.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Trends-affecting-the-prison-population.pdf
Government of Western Australia Department of Justice
Corrective Services statistics
https://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/about-us/statistics-publications/statistics/default.aspx
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