(Re)thinking women's incarceration.

Friday 9th June 2023 - 1:00 pm à 5:00 pm
In person and via Zoom
Event is free, registration is required
Université de Montréal, Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, salle C-1017-02

There will be simultaneous translation in both languages. (FR-EN)

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The Particular Needs of Women in Prison and the Difficulties of Working with them.

Amélie Couvrette
Amélie Couvrette is a professor in the Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology at the Université du Québec en Outaouais. She is a regular researcher at the Centre international de criminologie comparée (CICC). Her research interests focus on difficulties experienced by marginalized, criminalized or incarcerated women, on prison and gender-sensitive approach and on social reintegration.

Rethinking Women’s Incarceration: The  Challenges of Creating a Gender- and Trauma-Responsive Culture. 

Barbara E. Bloom
Barbara E. Bloom, Ph.D. is a professor emeritus in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies at Sonoma State University.

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Correctional Management of the Female Clientele: The Needs of Women at the Heart of the Interventions

Representatives of the provincial correctional institutions for women of the Correctional Services of the Ministry of Public Safety

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Correctional Intervention with Women Incarcerated at the Joliette Institution for Women.

 Jean-François Guernon, is a psychoeducator at the Joliette Institution for Women, (Correctional Services of Canada).

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The Elizabeth Fry Society of Quebec (SEFQ): A Community Intervention Model at the Crossroads of Risk Management and Support for Women in the Criminal Justice System.

Anne-Céline Genevois 

Ms. Genevois is coordinator of programs and development at the Elizabeth Fry Society of Quebec. She holds a master's degree in anthropology. Concerned with social justice and marginalization, she has been working with women in the criminal justice system for ten years.

Ruth Gagnon

Ms. Gagnon is the Executive Director of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Quebec. She has worked in the community network for 43 years and with women in the criminal justice system since 1988. In 2015, she was an honorary graduate of the School of Criminology at the University of Montreal.