Management of women’s prisons: key recommendations.
Management of women’s prisons: key recommendations Prison management - Ensure that prison management is gender-sensitive, including the following components: " Taking affirmative action to counter-balance discrimination encountered by women prisoners; " Adopting a gender-sensitive management style; " Recognizing the different needs of female prisoners and providing programmes and services that address these needs. Ensure that the multiple needs of women from ethnic and racial minority groups and foreign national prisoners are taken into account in programming. Staff - Employ senior female prison staff in key positions; Build the capacity of female staff and provide them with special training on the needs of female prisoners; Provide psychosocial support to female staff; Develop a clear policy against discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace; Train male staff on gender sensitivity, sexual misconduct and discrimination issues. Alloca...