Assessing the Aspirations and Fears of Costa Rican Youth in Long-term Correctional Confinement

Ochoa, Theresa A.; Fernández, Yanúa Ovares; Rodríguez, Ana Estrella Meza; López, Claire Marie de Mézerville

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“…Specialized preparation for adolescent girls and young women before leaving the facility poses an opportunity for Costa Rica to develop comprehensive reentry life plans with focused and concrete strategies for each young woman who started serving a criminal sentence as a minor. In addition, the plan must offer the supports that are needed for young women who have continuing emotional, educational, and behavioral challenges so that they can be better prepared when they reenter a community (Ochoa et al, 2020). A gender-responsive perspective would significantly benefit incarcerated girls and their specific needs for personal growth (Rosales, 2020;Sagot, 2020).…”

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“…Successful reentry after correctional confinement includes employment-seeking skills (Ochoa, 2016), basic technology training, education, and interdisciplinary supports to create a life plan beyond confinement. In this article, we focus on the importance of employability for girls and young women, as key to reentry into society (Ochoa et al, 2020). Research indicates that preparing for reentry must start soon after the youth are incarcerated (Ochoa, 2016), and in theory, Costa Rica's Ministry of Justice and Peace should begin to prepare youth to return to their community immediately upon arrival at the confinement facility (Ley 7576, 1996).…”

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Reentry Barriers for Incarcerated Girls With Undiagnosed Disabilities in Costa Rica

Mezerville-López

Ochoa

Ovares-Fernández

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Intervention in School and Clinic

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This article describes the process of reentry for adolescent girls and young women who experienced incarceration as adolescents in Costa Rica. The needs from adolescent girls and young women with undiagnosed and psychosocial disabilities are explored, considering existing scholarship and research gaps from Costa Rica’s legislation and policies. Literature on reentry developed in the United States will be used, given that there is limited scholarship conducted in Costa Rica about girls in custody. The institutional dynamics related to reentry will be presented and illustrated through specific examples, with a focus on the opportunities and barriers adolescent girls face to create a life plan after incarceration. Reentry barriers for incarcerated youth with disabilities are described in Costa Rica’s institutional context, along with the social and employability needs for young women, with a focus on disabilities as an unexplored issue in Costa Rica’s judicial system.

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Reentry Barriers for Incarcerated Girls With Undiagnosed Disabilities in Costa Rica

Mezerville-López

Ochoa

Ovares-Fernández

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Intervention in School and Clinic

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“…In addition, marginalized adolescents facing unfortunate circumstances often require more intensive interventions to develop effective behavioral strategies and become better individuals (Ochoa et al, 2020). Exploring their psychological experiences becomes crucial to facilitate social reintegration upon release (Zhao et al, 2020).…”

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Psychological Experience of Juvenile Offenders in Correctional Institutions: A Systematic Review Of Qualitative Studies

Juliana,

Hutagalung,

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2024

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Juvenile delinquency is at a worrisome rate in every part of the world. The juvenile offenders themselves are in a vulnerable period of development while also living in the difficult situation of detainment. However, challenges that juvenile offenders face in correctional institutions, how they construct their reality about detainment as well as their mental health needs have not been widely addressed. Research on juvenile offenders’ psychological experiences is not sufficiently documented and expressed. Hence, much less attention or programs were directed to address these obstacles. This review aims to present the psychological experience of juvenile offenders in correctional institutions. The systematic review examined qualitative studies over a 10-year period that were published between 2012 and 2022 from five databases, resulting in 16 articles mostly indexed in SCOPUS. The study utilized the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework and the narrative synthesis approach. Moreover, the findings provide empirical evidence that juvenile offenders’ psychological experiences (i.e., negative and positive emotions) are evident throughout their detainment, and interaction with staff and peers is crucial in defining it. Therefore, some of the challenges of living in correctional institutions include the feeling of boredom, strict regulations, and lack of care. Hence, education on adaptive coping, expanded vocational opportunities, and programs providing warmth, safety, and positive environments are crucial to rehabilitating offenders.

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“…In both the United States and Costa Rica, girls who reside in disadvantaged neighborhoods with higher rates of poverty, housing instability, violence, and crime, are more vulnerable to multilevel types of abuse, in particular sexual assault (Gimenez & Barrado, 2020;Sherman & Balck, 2015). Incarcerated girls in Costa Rica disproportionately come from high-risk social environments where there is a diminishing socioeconomic middle class, an increase in unskilled migrant workers, high rates of school drops-outs, and exposure to violence, including coming into contact with the juvenile justice system (Mora, 2019;Ochoa et al, 2020).Unresolved trauma and abuse during the developmental stages of childhood and adolescence can manifest into mental health disabilities such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and anti-social behaviors (Kerig et al, 2009;Terry & Williams, 2019;Zahn et al, 2010). For many girls, delinquent behaviors like truancy, running away from home, and substance abuse are a direct response to this trauma and abuse (Belknap & Holsinger, 2006;Chappell & Maggard, 2021).…”

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Trauma and Abuse Among Incarcerated Girls in the United States and Costa Rica

Weller

Mezerville-López

Pérez-Ramírez

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Intervention in School and Clinic

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Incarcerated girls have disproportionately higher rates of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse compared with their nonincarcerated peers. Failure to address this trauma and abuse can lead to mental health disabilities such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anti-social behaviors. Many girls who experience trauma engage in criminal behaviors as a response to these unresolved issues. The punitive nature of correctional confinement only exacerbates their mental health disabilities. This article examines the correctional confinement experiences for girls with mental health disabilities in the United States, where there is a large population of incarcerated girls, and Costa Rica, a country with fewer incarcerated girls. Policy changes are suggested to minimize the punitive nature of correctional confinement and to enhance the services and support systems available to incarcerated girls with mental health disabilities.

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Assessing the Aspirations and Fears of Costa Rican Youth in Long-term Correctional Confinement

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Reentry Barriers for Incarcerated Girls With Undiagnosed Disabilities in Costa Rica

Reentry Barriers for Incarcerated Girls With Undiagnosed Disabilities in Costa Rica

Psychological Experience of Juvenile Offenders in Correctional Institutions: A Systematic Review Of Qualitative Studies

Trauma and Abuse Among Incarcerated Girls in the United States and Costa Rica

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