WOMEN IN REENTRY ISSUES

PRESENTED BY THE BUTTAFLY CENTER, INC.

THE BUTTAFLY CENTER

The Buttafly Center is a community agency dedicated to the empowerment of women via the following principles;
Education and Training/ The Womens Education Project
- The Chrysalis Program (The training and development of female entrepreneurs and socialpreneurs)
- Skills development via three for- profit training schools (Buttafly Arts, Buttafly Subs, Buttafly Communications)
Personal Development /The Empower Me Program
-Mindset Workshops
-Cultural Literacy via the Arts
Community Resources/ The Bridge Program
-Partnership Collaborative- Provides extended resources and services to women and their families via the following
community partners;
-The Interview League, LLC
-Robert Jamison Ministries, Inc.
-Spirit of Hope Miracle Center, Inc.
-The WAY Center of Hope, Inc.
-Reignbow Staffing, LLC
-Healing Families Lives, Inc.

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WOMEN IN REENTRY/ ISSUES

Family
Substance Abuse
Skills Development
Mindset
Physical/Sexual Abuse
Economic Inequality (Poverty)

Ethnicity
Stigma

FAMILY

Female ex-offenders are more likely to have served as

the primary caretakers of children prior to entering

prison, and have plans to return to the role upon
release. This fact transforms the experience of many
incarcerated women...Reentry Considerations for
Women Offenders (Center for Effective Public
Policy).

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

On every measure of drug use, women offenders in

state prison reported higher usage (40 percent)

compared to males (32 percent)./ Statistics on
Women Offenders

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Although women in state prisons are more likely

than men to have a high school diploma (30 percent
versus 25 percent) , many women offenders lack the
education and vocational skills to compete in the
labor market/ Employment and Female
Offenders

MINDSET

Female inmates had higher rates of mental

health problems than male inmates (73

percent of females versus of 55 percent of
males in state prisons)./Statistics on
Women Offenders

SEXUAL/PHYSICAL ABUSE

Nearly 6 in 10 women in state prisons

had experienced physical or sexual

abuse in the past. 69 percent reported
that the assault occurred before age 18.
Statistics on Women Offenders

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY/POVERTY

Women offenders are both underemployed

and unemployed, work fewer hours and

make less per hour than their male
counterparts, and are often employed in
nonpermanent, low-level, or entry-level
occupations with little chance for
advancement/ Employment and Female
Offenders

CULTURE/ ETHNICITY

Black females were imprisoned at

between 2 and 3 times the rate of

white females, while Hispanic
females were imprisoned at
between 1 and 3 times the rate of
white females. Statistics on
Women Offenders

STIGMA
They are eternally viewed

through the distorted lenses of

criminalization, stigmatization
and marginalization. Such
distortions undergird policies
that shut these women out
of mainstream societyfor
the rest of their lives. Life
After Prison: Battling the
Stigma