Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women 2013, para. 44
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Many prisons do not offer adequate mental or physical health care to women inmates and may actually provide less health care to female prisoners than to male prisoners. The consequence of a failure to consider women's specific health needs means ignoring reproductive health needs and medical conditions stemming from a history of poverty, malnutrition, physical or sexual abuse, drug use, or inadequate medical care.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences