Women in prison are often the primary or sole caregivers of children prior to incarceration. The Bureau also provides a wide range of PAs for women that address gender specific needs including domestic violence survival, aging, pro-social and assertive communication skills, emotional regulation, relationships, job and work force skills, and criminal thinking. Additionally, the EBRR National Parenting Program includes gender specific modules added for women. The Resolve Program which is a non-residential trauma treatment EBRR program for women has also been expanded to all female facilities housing designed women. The FIT Program (Female Integrated Treatment Program) is a residential treatment program that offers integrated cognitive-behavioral treatment for substance use disorders, mental illness, and trauma related disorders, as well as vocational training, to female inmates. The Bureau's flagship women's program is the Foundation Program, which assists women in assessing their individual needs and translating the results of that assessment into the selection of programs and plans to meet their goals. More information on EBBR Programs and PAs can be found in the First Step Act Approved Programs Guide. We recently added college programming for women as well. The agency provides more than 15 programs specifically for women. These initiatives include additions to the First Step Act (FSA) required Evidence Based Recidivism Reduction (EBRR) Programs and Productive Activities (PAs) available for women. In meeting the gender specific needs of women, the Bureau has greatly increased the programming and services which are available to women. Therefore, specialized initiatives and programs are offered at female sites which are trauma-informed and address women's specific gender-based needs. They are more likely than men have a history of trauma and abuse, which poses additional challenges for reentry. For example, women are more likely to be primary caregivers for children, experience economic hardship, employment instability, and have fewer vocational skills as compared with males. Women in Bureau custody are offered many of the same educational and treatment programs that are available to male offenders however, women in prison differ from their male counterparts in significant ways. As the agency's primary source for subject matter expertise on women, WASPB is involved in national policy development, ensuring new initiatives address gender-specific needs. Stakeholder engagement, including inmate feedback, is a priority, and is utilized to identify and implement new programmatic and training needs. This office ensures the development and provision of services to meet the needs of federally incarcerated women, and provides national guidance on the classification, management, intervention programs and practices for females in Bureau custody.
In the Bureau, women are housed among 29 facilities.īecause the Bureau recognizes women may have different needs than men, the Reentry Services Division includes a Women and Special Populations Branch (WASPB). While nationwide, women are a growing correctional population, women in the Bureau have comprised a steady proportion of the overall population. Of the nearly 152,000 federal offenders, women consistently account for approximately 7 percent of the federal inmate population.
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