As you will read in Chapter 9 of Corrections: The Fundamentalsthe needs and concerns of male and female inmates tend to be quitedifferent. For most women in prison their fundamentalconcern pertains to the children that they left behind. Thereare other factors that affect women in the criminal justice systemas this link discusses:http://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/womenincj_total.pdfWhat are the most critical needs for female prisoners?What programs do you believe are most needed for our femaleoffenders in or out of prison? Why?