Breaking Barriers: Transforming Carceral Workplaces for Women

Women working in prisons face structural barriers, toxic workplaces, harassment, inflexible schedules, and limited advancement, challenges one-off trainings cannot solve. Our solution begins with a first-of-its-kind gender-responsive organizational assessment to identify systemic barriers facing women staff. We then co-create action plans with sustainable measurement systems grounded in our evidence-based Employee Investment Model, piloting implementation in three prisons. Lessons learned will inform a national community of practice and a scalable roadmap for transforming correctional workplaces nationwide.