According to a fact sheet from The Sentencing Project (2012), more than 200,000 women are incarcerated, including those in local jails. Furthermore, of these 200,000 women, “1 in 25 women in state prisons and 1 in 33 in federal prisons are pregnant when admitted to prison.” Because of the ruling, many of these women are forced to give birth while in prison. Then, days later, they are separated from the newborn to complete their sentence. More mothers than fathers end up in prison, and men don't have to worry about bringing their future child to a cell like many women do. Sure, they can leave their family behind, including a pregnant wife, but they don't have to worry about caring for another human being inside them while they're behind bars. However, there are cases where women actually feel safer in prison. than when I'm out in the world. Moving away from the outside world gives them the opportunity to focus on themselves. Bradley and Davino's 2002 study captures the general impression that 65 female inmates have about a southern state prison. These women reported feeling safer than in adulthood and childhood before prison. Outside of prison, women are exposed to emotional and physical pain due to problems such as domestic violence or drugs. This prison also gave women the education they needed once they were released. Some women had not even heard of the dangers of diseases such as HIV before. Andrew Novinska pointed out in his 2002 article, women "have been seen in our culture as less mentally healthy than men" (p. 105). The women involved in the 2002 study recognized that their world is not safe, even if they are in prison. A woman was in the world of drugs and she was... halfway... she was afraid of the outside world and the outside world doesn't need to worry about them if everything goes well and they can take it with them Through. Ultimately this is a win-win situation for everyone. Works Cited Bradley, R. &. (2002). Women's perceptions of the prison environment: When prison is "the safest place I've ever been." Psychology of Women's Quarterly, 4(26), pp. 351-359.Clark, A. (2009, July 6). Giving birth in chains: The shackling of incarcerated women during labor and birth. Retrieved April 2014Hutchinson, K. M. (2008). Psychological functioning of detained women during pregnancy. Psychology of Women's Quarterly, 4(32), pp. 440-453. Incarcerated women. (2012, December). Retrieved April 2014 Novinska, A. (2002). Women and alcoholism. In K. Tyndall, Psychology and women (pp. 105-106). Buford, GA: Lad Custom Publishing.Summit House. (n.d.). Retrieved from Summit House.