Quality of prison life of female prisoners in Serbia: key challenges and areas of strength

Despite a range of differences between male and female prisoners, research on the female prison population has been lacking due to their smaller representation worldwide. To address this gap, the study aimed to understand the overall prison experience of female prisoners in Serbia by analysing the q...

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Main Author: Batrićević, Ana (Author)
Contributors: Pavićević, Olivera ; Ćopić, Sanja ; Milićević, Milena
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo
Year: 2023, Volume: 74, Issue: 4, Pages: 273-289
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Keywords:
quality of prison life
female prisoners
Prison System
Prison climate
kakovost življenja v zaporih
obsojenke
zaporski sistem
zaporska klima
Serbia
Srbija
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Summary:Despite a range of differences between male and female prisoners, research on the female prison population has been lacking due to their smaller representation worldwide. To address this gap, the study aimed to understand the overall prison experience of female prisoners in Serbia by analysing the quality of prison life and examining various dimensions across five overarching categories of the prison climate. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted using the convenience sample of 91 female prisoners serving prison sentences in the Correctional Institution for Women in Požarevac. The Measuring the Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) survey and a one-way repeated-measures ANOVA with post-hoc Bonferroni adjustments were used. Significant variations in ratings of the prison climate were identified. The overall prison experience was rated relatively low with only one quarter of the sample giving a positive rating. The highest-ranked MQPL dimensions were Prisoner Adaptation and Distress, while the lowest were Well-being, Bureaucratic Legitimacy, Organisation and Consistency, and Decency. The proposed holistic approach with practical interventions offers the potential to enhance prison life quality and support the well-being of female prisoners, who represent a vulnerable and marginalised group in society.
Kljub številnim razlikam med obsojenci in obsojenkami so raziskave o ženski zaporski populaciji redke, saj predstavljajo ženske majhen delež zaporske populacije po svetu. Študija se osredotoča na analizo kakovosti življenja v zaporu ter raziskovanje dimenzij znotraj petih kategorij zaporske klime s ciljem razumevanja izkušnje prestajanja kazni zapora pri obsojenkah v Srbiji. Izvedena je deskriptivna presečna študija na priložnostnem vzorcu 91 obsojenk, ki so prestajale kazen zapora v Kazensko-popravnem zavodu za ženske v Požarevcu. Uporabljen je bil Vprašalnik za merjenje kakovosti življenja v zaporih (angl. Measuring the Quality of Prison Life – MQPL) in enosmerna analiza variance (ANOVA) s post-hoc Bonferronijevimi prilagoditvami. Ugotovljene so bile pomembne variacije v ocenah zaporske klime. Celotna zaporska izkušnja je bila ocenjena relativno nizko, pri čemer je le ena četrtina obsojenk podala pozitivno oceno. Najvišje sta bili ocenjeni dimenziji Prilagoditev obsojenke in Stiska, medtem ko so bile najnižje ocenjene Dobro počutje, Birokratska legitimnost, Organizacija in doslednost ter Dostojnost. Predlagani holistični pristop s praktičnimi intervencijami ponuja možnosti za izboljšanje kakovosti življenja v zaporih in pozitivno vpliva na počutje obsojenk, ki predstavljajo ranljivo in marginalizirano skupino v družbi.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 286-289
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ISSN:0034-690X