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WRAP Workshops for formerly incarcerated women's groups...
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) workshops are provided by a Nationally Certified WRAP Facilitator. The Wellness Recovery Action Plan® or WRAP®, is a self-designed prevention and wellness process that anyone can use to get well, stay well and make their life the way they want it to be. It was developed in 1997 by a group of people who were searching for ways to overcome their own mental health issues and move on to fulfilling their life dreams and goals. It is now used extensively by people in all kinds of circumstances, and by health care and mental health systems all over the world to address all kinds of physical, mental health and life issues. Group size is 10-12 people and available to Community Corrections and also other organizations not affiliated with the criminal justice system for both men and women. The Demeter Foundation has a Nationally Certified WRAP Facilitator on staff. Assistance with individuals working on their WRAP plans is also available. To receive details about our workshops including fees please visit our contact page.
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The Damaging Effects on Women Forced into Solitary Confinement..."Worse Than Second Class: Solitary Confinement of Women in the United States" is a study that was done by the ACLU. According to this report "Prisons and jails across the United States lock prisoners in solitary confinement for a range of reasons—punitive, administrative, protective, medical—but whatever the reason, the conditions are similarly harsh and damaging." It goes on to provide first hand accounts of women who have experienced this. Solitary confinement can re-traumatize victims of past abuse—and can render incarcerated women more vulnerable to abuse by correctional officers.
It can also exacerbate mental illness and it can jeopardize the relationship between mother and child, harming the child. Solitary confinement can cause irreparable harm to the woman. This article also provides information of the effects on pregnant and transgender women. You can read the entire report here. 
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