Includes bibliographical references and index.

An overview of incarcerated women's health / Kimberly Jacob Arriola, Ronald L. Braithwaite, and Cassandra F. Newkirk -- Understanding how race, class, and gender impact the health of incarcerated women/ Ronald L. Braithwaite -- Voices of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women / Sally Glover Webb and Donna L. Hubbard -- Criminalizing the victim: interpersonal violence in the lives of incarcerated women / Kimberly Jacob Arriola, L. Shakiyla Smith, and Margaret Farrow -- Sugar and spice: understanding the health of incarcerated girls / Michelle Staples-Horne -- Mood disorders in incarcerated women / Saundra Maass-Robinson and Pamela Everett Thompson -- Anxiety disorders and major thought disorders / Cassandra F. Newkirk -- Substance use disorders / Jackie Butler and Kisha Braithwaite -- Sexual risk behavior and alcohol and other drug use among female adolescent detainees: implications for intervention / Rhonda C. Conerly, Alyssa G. Robillard, and Ronald L. Braithwaite -- Carrying in the criminal justice system: prenatal care of incarcerated women / Renata Fortenberry, Carmen Warren, and John Clark -- Reproductive health among incarcerated women / John Clark -- Tuberculosis: no longer the "white plague" / Sharon Baucom ... [et al.] -- Hepatitis C virus infection among incarcerated women / Grace E. Macalino -- HIV/AIDS infection among incarcerated women / Anne S. De Groot and Rachel Maddow -- Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected incarcerated women / Becky L. Stephenson --

Cardiovascular disease / Sylvia McQueen -- Asthma / Norman Dean -- Understanding the parenting rights of incarcerated women / Sandra Barnhill, Temika Williams, and I. Ryta -- Discharge planning for incarcerated women: linking identified needs with community support / Amy E. Boutwell, Allison Kendrick, and Josiah D. Rich -- Illness among women in prison and compassionate release / Cynthia Chandler, Judy Greenspan, and Jennifer Rotman.