
We thank the women from Grand Valley Institution for Women (GVI) who participated in this study, staff associated with Correctional Service of Canada, and members of community-based organizations that support Federally Sentenced Women, without whom this research would not have been possible.
We wish to thank and acknowledge our Editor, Krysia P. Lear of The Editorial Suite, for her insight and assistance with the presentation of this research. http://www.editorialsuite.com
This research was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada General Research Grant Program.