The evolution of the new federal women's prisons in Canada.

This thesis explores a unique experiment in penal reform; the final, successful attempt to close the sole federal Prison for Women in Canada and its replacement by five regional prisons. A government Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women, with representatives from the voluntary sector, produced a...

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Main Author: Hayman, Stephanie Frances
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2003
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Online Access:http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1703/
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1703/1/U178633.pdf