Moffat, a sociology professor at U of T at Mississauga who studies women's imprisonment and the country's criminal justice system.
Prisons are fundamentally limited.
Some people feel women's prisons should have really austere conditions that are harsh and unpleasant. But that doesn't actually address the experiences of women or their need to reintegrate into society. Hannah-Moffat says the administration of women's federal prisons has in the past been based on the model for male prisons. Vestiges of that remain, despite the recognition that women's needs are different. She argues prisons are inappropriately and overused in many cases.