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Children are often devastated when their mum is sent to prison but their interests are rarely considered by a justice system which is blind to their needs.
Prison environments and women prisoners’ needs are complex and demand gender-aware care in view of women’s vulnerability and histories of trauma.
New resources from Shona Minson and the Prison Reform Trust to safeguard children when parents are sentenced in court.
New Dutch research suggests that children whose parents are imprisoned are at high risk of premature death.
Shona Minson on the confounding grief of having a mother in prison and how this separation is aggravated by stigma.
Second post by Lucy Baldwin on her recent research which reveals the traumatic impact on children of their mothers being sentenced to short prison sentences.
New research explores traumatic impact of short prison sentences on mothers and their children. 56% women serve sentences of 3 months or less.
With the closure of some Mother and Baby Units and others under threat, the future for mothers and babies in prison is uncertain and the options for many women in prison, particularly those serving longer sentences, to keep their families together remain extremely limited.
