medical services ??? ??? ??? The justification for the lack of diverse educational, vocational, and other programs to incarcerated women is that: there is a relatively small number of women in prison and jail. ??? ??? ??? Elizabeth Farnham, head matron of the women's wing at Sing Sing from 1844 -1848, tried to implement reform ideas for female prisoners and was thwarted by male overseers and legis