I'll read a quick quote from the study, and I want to ask you two quick questions. Julie could add to this, if she wants.
I would ask, Chairman, if I have time left, to share it with Mr. Fraser.
Half of these women apparently sustained their TBI before committing their first crime. I will read the quote, and then I will ask my question. You said:
In our research we observed a striking gender difference. Female inmates with a TBI, compared to males, were much more likely to have suffered physical or sexual abuse as children....Right now we don't know very much about how brain injuries affect women in the correctional system. This study indicates a need for more research, and for programs that address TBI and mental health programs among people at risk of incarceration.
That was in 2014. I was hoping you might give us some comments to say what kinds of services are currently available to these individuals, if there are any; what kinds of services they should be getting; and how difficult it is for these women to return to society and not only function normally but not become repeat victims of abuse because of their histories, and now the possibility of disability.