When women seek medical attention at times they are told they are over exaggerating an illness in order to receive medication to get high. There has been several cases where a female inmate has died due to medical neglect in prison (Atwood, 2000). Young and Reviere (2006), identified that women inmates require more medical assistance then men. Women generally have more health problems that range from minor (reproductive issues) to major (cancer) that can affect them at any time regardless if they’re in prison or not (Young & Reviere, 2006). The adequate personnel need to assist these ill women is lacking in most facilities. Most prisons are mandated to provide only basic medical needs, and tend to neglect the more severe needs of females (Young & Reviere,