Značajke života i tretmana žena u zatvoru
Characteristics of Prison Life and Treatment of Incarcerated Women

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper was to identify the characteristics of female prisoners' penologic treatment in Croatia and to analyze specifics of this treatment in comparison to the treatment for sentenced men who were serving their sentences in the maximum-security prison. The sample consisted of 30 women serving term in the only penal institution for women in Croatia (Po`ega). In order to compare the treatment of male and female prison inmates the sample used consisted of 171 men serving their sentences in the Lepoglava penal institution. The questionnaire on treatment was filled in by sentenced persons themselves (self-report method). The data were processed by means of hi-square test. The findings have shown that incarcerated women are better adjusted to prison life, more frequently involved in employment and education programs as well as in organized leisure activities. Female prisoners are convinced more strongly than male prisoners are that experience from prison treatment can be useful in the outside world. In addition, they have wider networks of social relations inside and outside of prison. No significant differences have been established between

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