The Real Cost of Prisons for Women and Their Children Workshop

Photo: Nancy King, PCAP

This workshop provides a political/economic analysis of the direct and indirect costs of incarcerating women, including:

• race/class/gender/locality and the war on drugs
• the effect of drug laws and policies on women and children
• far-reaching consequences of the incarceration of women
• the demonization of women who use drugs
• impact on children, and the disruption of family life
• prohibitions on welfare, housing, healthcare, foodstamps
• alternatives: harm reduction strategies, trauma-informed, gender specific drug treatment models

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