Education behind bars and beyond prison: incarcerated women’s education aspirations and barriers in Ukraine

Korzh, Alla

doi:10.1080/03057925.2021.1941775

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“…In addition to housing, employment discrimination, stigma, and lack of social support services, incarcerated women faced structural barriers in pursuing post-secondary education post-release. As documented in the researcher’s earlier publication (Korzh, 2021), women who aspired to vocational and higher education were confronted with the lack of cultural and economic capital to pursue further education upon release. Drawing on Bourdieu (1986), cultural capital signifies knowledge, skills, or educational qualifications necessary for socio-economic mobility, which can be further converted into economic capital, or money.…”

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‘You have been punished in prison. And then when you are released, you are punished for life’: Post-incarceration barriers for women in Ukraine

Korzh

2022

International Sociology

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Formerly incarcerated women face multidimensional barriers post-release, ranging from individual, relational, institutional, to systemic. Drawing on the conceptual framework of interlocking barriers facing formerly incarcerated women, this qualitative case study set in one minimum-security prison in Ukraine with 21 interviewed women, four teachers, and eight staff demonstrates that interlocking systemic barriers cemented in Ukrainian society complicate formerly incarcerated women’s integration in society and may set them up for failure and recidivism. The study illuminates how the absence of housing, employment and discrimination, stigma, inadequate support system, lack of economic and cultural capital to pursue further education, and health challenges confronting incarcerated women post-release disadvantage the already vulnerable population in Ukraine. The findings of this study contribute to the field of sociology by highlighting the interlocking barriers confronting women post-incarceration and elucidating a gendered approach to understanding women’s reentry experiences in Ukraine.

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‘You have been punished in prison. And then when you are released, you are punished for life’: Post-incarceration barriers for women in Ukraine

Korzh

2022

International Sociology

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“…Education is especially relevant to people incarcerated in penitentiaries (Jäggi & Kliewer, 2020;Kajawo & Johnson, 2023a;2023b;Korzh, 2021). The United Nations (UN) standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules) state that education must be made accessible to all incarcerated people, especially the illiterate and the youth (UN, 2015).…”

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“…However, studies worldwide report that significant numbers of women and girls are denied access to education programmes in many penitentiary facilities (Huber, 2015;Korzh, 2021;Ryder, 2020). Thus, gender inequality in education is still an issue in many institutions in many countries (Ghaempanah & Khapova, 2023).…”

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“…Correctional programmes seldom take care of the genderspecific needs of female offenders (Huber, 2015). This is because, compared to those opportunities accessible to men, few academic and vocational skills opportunities were accessible to women (Korzh, 2021). Worse still, those few existing programmes were usually poorly resourced compared to those offered to male offenders (Huber 2015).…”

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“…13, Issue 1, pp: 25-39, 2024 programmes in 2018; in a population where more than 90% did not reach or complete secondary school education level (Kajawo, 2019;Kajawo & Nyirongo, 2022;Kajawo & Johnson, 2023b). This could be worse when considering the education access of incarcerated women offenders who are usually educationally disadvantaged (Huber, 2015;Korzh, 2021;Ryder, 2020).…”

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Why Not Us? Experiences of Incarcerated Women on Education Access in Malawi Prisons

Kajawo,

Johnson

2024

Adv. J Social Sci.

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Many incarcerated women worldwide have low education profiles that cause them to commit petty criminal offences among others. Thus, education access to incarcerated people, including women can be undoubtedly an indispensable strategy for their rehabilitation. However, education access could still be patriarchal and not accessible to women in prisons. Guided by radical feminist theory, this study employed a qualitative narrative research approach to explore from incarcerated women and correctional officers how education was made accessible at two prison facilities in Malawi. The key finding was that there was social injustice in the provision of education to offenders. Education access was monopolised by male inmates. Women were denied access to education even though they needed and demanded it since authorities preferred to use the available inadequate educational resources to provide education to only male inmates. It was recommended that gender equality needed to be exercised in the provision of education opportunities in prisons. Where resources are scarce, at least similar educational resources should be made equally and equitably accessible to both male and female inmates.

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Incarcerated Women’s Meaning-Making of Education in Ukraine

Korzh

2024

Geographies of Gendered Punishment

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Education behind bars and beyond prison: incarcerated women’s education aspirations and barriers in Ukraine

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

‘You have been punished in prison. And then when you are released, you are punished for life’: Post-incarceration barriers for women in Ukraine

‘You have been punished in prison. And then when you are released, you are punished for life’: Post-incarceration barriers for women in Ukraine

Why Not Us? Experiences of Incarcerated Women on Education Access in Malawi Prisons

Incarcerated Women’s Meaning-Making of Education in Ukraine

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