Article 10: Co-Designing Gender-Responsive Practice: Women’s Engagement Through Communication, Action, Responsivity, and Education (We Care) (ACJ18-A010)
Abstract
Gender-responsive strategies in corrections take the needs of incarcerated women out of the margins of correctional practice and recognize women as requiring a unique approach. The efficacy of that approach largely depends on the workforce who puts it into practice. A challenge to creating a gender- responsive trained workforce is that staff may be overburdened and oversaturated with training. We describe the design of a gender-responsive training that empowers staff alongside incarcerated women and university researchers to co-create an engaging, realistic, and actionable women-centered practice. We conclude with implications for a multiple evidence-informed training that we hope staff embrace and promote.
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