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Women and early California prisons




          40 Boardman Place                                    www.cjcj.org
          San Francisco, CA 94103   © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
The special challenges of women
                 inmates
• Housed in separate facility on the grounds of San
  Quentin
• Substandard living conditions
• Limited vocational/educational options
• Primarily employed for domestic institutional chores
  (suitable for their true female nature)
• Easy targets for exploitation
• No means of classification or separation




                    40 Boardman Place                                    www.cjcj.org
                    San Francisco, CA 94103   © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
Guiding principles of female prison reform in
                 California
•   Separation of women prisoners from men
•   Provision of differential care
•   Management of women’s prison by female staff
•   Location in rural areas




                    40 Boardman Place                                    www.cjcj.org
                    San Francisco, CA 94103   © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
Women’s Christian Temperance
          Union
       leads the way
 Argued that women quarters at San Quentin
       was being used as a brothel




            40 Boardman Place                                    www.cjcj.org
            San Francisco, CA 94103   © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
Efforts to establish separate women’s
                  facility
• Means of protecting men from spread of venereal
  disease
• California Industrial Farm for Women at Sonoma (1922 -
  opened for 1 year)
• Through efforts of WCTU a new women’s building was
  created at San Quentin with capacity of 120 inmates in
  1927
• 1933 California Institution for Women opened at
  Tehachapi opened
• 1935 a voter initiative established CIW as a separate
  institution with independent board of trustees

                   40 Boardman Place                                    www.cjcj.org
                   San Francisco, CA 94103   © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
California Institution for Women at
Tehachapi established as separate
   women's reformatory (1935)
   First all women’s prison in California




             40 Boardman Place                                    www.cjcj.org
             San Francisco, CA 94103   © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
California Institution for Women at
Tehachapi established as separate
   women's reformatory (1935)
   First all women’s prison in California




             40 Boardman Place                                    www.cjcj.org
             San Francisco, CA 94103   © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013

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5. women and the california prison system

  • 1. Women and early California prisons 40 Boardman Place www.cjcj.org San Francisco, CA 94103 © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
  • 2. The special challenges of women inmates • Housed in separate facility on the grounds of San Quentin • Substandard living conditions • Limited vocational/educational options • Primarily employed for domestic institutional chores (suitable for their true female nature) • Easy targets for exploitation • No means of classification or separation 40 Boardman Place www.cjcj.org San Francisco, CA 94103 © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
  • 3. Guiding principles of female prison reform in California • Separation of women prisoners from men • Provision of differential care • Management of women’s prison by female staff • Location in rural areas 40 Boardman Place www.cjcj.org San Francisco, CA 94103 © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
  • 4. Women’s Christian Temperance Union leads the way Argued that women quarters at San Quentin was being used as a brothel 40 Boardman Place www.cjcj.org San Francisco, CA 94103 © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
  • 5. Efforts to establish separate women’s facility • Means of protecting men from spread of venereal disease • California Industrial Farm for Women at Sonoma (1922 - opened for 1 year) • Through efforts of WCTU a new women’s building was created at San Quentin with capacity of 120 inmates in 1927 • 1933 California Institution for Women opened at Tehachapi opened • 1935 a voter initiative established CIW as a separate institution with independent board of trustees 40 Boardman Place www.cjcj.org San Francisco, CA 94103 © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
  • 6. California Institution for Women at Tehachapi established as separate women's reformatory (1935) First all women’s prison in California 40 Boardman Place www.cjcj.org San Francisco, CA 94103 © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013
  • 7. California Institution for Women at Tehachapi established as separate women's reformatory (1935) First all women’s prison in California 40 Boardman Place www.cjcj.org San Francisco, CA 94103 © Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 2013