A Scoping Review of Hope on Female Prisoners

Prisoners are pressured from inside or outside the correctional facility, triggering psychological problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression. Meanwhile, hope is a positive psychology that helps inmates overcome in facilities. This study further aims to determine female prisoners’ The scoping review approach was used, starting with article search through, EBSCO (CINAHL Academic Search), ProQuest, Google Scholar databases, using keywords female, hope, prisoners, prison. articles were sorted based on inclusion criteria, involving availability of full texts, 2010-2021 publications, primary research results, population samples qualitative study, prisoners results showed have hopes for life during their sentence after being released As conclusion, all provided an overview be achieved ranging career, family, education, desire free crime, revenge. Several demonstrated source comes social support while prison, well religious, self-development activities. Bangladesh Journal Medical Science Vol. 22 No. 03 July’23 Page : 482-488