List and explain the three different lifestyles or styles of adaptation to prison life used by female prisoners that were identified by researcher Esther Heffernan. Also identify the new type of inmate that began arriving in women's prisons about 2 years ago and explain how this inmate type affected the social structure of women's prisons.

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Answers should explain the three styles of adaptation to prison life identified by Heffernan: the square, the cool, and the life. Answers should also discuss crack kids and explain their impact on the social structure of women's prisons.

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