Wark v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 state decisions

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1. “By the same token the Legislature could reasonably conclude that the greater physical strength, aggressiveness and disposition toward violent action so frequently displayed by a male prisoner bent on escape from a maximum security institution presents a far greater risk of harm to prison guards and personnel and to the public than is the case when escape is undertaken by a woman confined in an institution designed primarily for reform and rehabilitation. Viewing statutory provisions for punishment as in part a deterrent to criminal conduct, the Legislature could logically and reasonably conclude that a more severe penalty should be imposed upon a male prisoner escaping from the State Prison than upon a woman confined at the 'Reformatory' while serving a State Prison sentence who escapes from that institution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wark v. Robbins

2. “effectively confined in an institution which lacks the high walls, armed guards and security precautions of a prison.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wark v. Robbins

3. “long provided for an exclusively male population at the State Prison, a maximum security institution”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wark v. Robbins