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Article • August 10, 2016
More Pregnant, Mentally Ill Women Incarcerated in State Prisons Nationwide by Joe Watson More women are being sent to prison nationwide at astonishing rates that surpass any other demographic. What's more, they are forced to deal with issues men don't, including pregnancy behind bars and a higher likelihood of mental …
Mothers Behind Bars, National Womens Law Center, 2010 Photo: © Rebecca Epstein The Rebecca Project for Human Rights 2029 P Street, NW, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20036 202.265.3906 202.265.3909 (fax) www.rebeccaproject.org National Women’s Law Center 11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202.588.5180 202.588.5185 (fax) www.nwlc.org Mothers Behind …
Mothers, Infants and Imprisonment A National Look at Prison Nurseries and Community-Based Alternatives, WPA, 2009 INSTITUTE ON WOMEN & WOM' M'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE '.,S(»< 'SSO(I.""N Mothers, Infants and Imprisonment A National Look at Prison Nurseries and Community-Based Alternatives May 2009 ABOUT WPA W P A IID21 WOMHI'S PRISON "'SSOC1~TION Women’s …
Publication • August 9, 2016
When a Parent Is Incarcerated - A Primer for Social Workers, Annie E Casey Foundation, 2011 When a Parent Is Incarcerated A Primer for Social Workers The Annie E. Casey Foundation Acknowledgments: The Annie E. Casey Foundation acknowledges the contribution of Yali Lincroft in the research and writing of this …
Article • August 4, 2016
Law Forbidding the Shackling of Pregnant Women Fails to End Practice by David Reutter Four years after Pennsylvania passed legislation prohibiting the shackling of pregnant prisoners after their second trimester, the law is frequently disobeyed. As a result, many prisoners are enduring &ldquo;barbaric&rdquo; shackling while in labor. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PLN previously …
United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth Unveils Judicial and Prison Reform Shakeup by On May 18, 2016, Queen Elizabeth announced a plan &ndash; touted as the &ldquo;biggest shakeup&rdquo; in criminal justice reform since Victorian times &ndash; that will provide more self-governance to UK prisons and allow prisoners greater access to technology. The …
Pennsylvania: Woman Dies in Jail While Serving Sentence for Truancy Fines and Court Costs by Christopher Zoukis A 55-year-old mother of seven died in a Pennsylvania jail cell on June 7, 2014 while serving a 48-hour sentence for failure to pay truancy fines and court costs that totaled about $2,000. …
The End of Prison Visitation by by Jack Smith IV, Mic A&nbsp;new system called &ldquo;video visitation&rdquo; is replacing in-person jail visits with glitchy, expensive Skype-like video calls. It&rsquo;s inhumane, dystopian and actually increases in-prison violence &ndash; but god, it makes money. Losing Connection The only way Lauren Johnson could see …
Overcrowding at South Dakota Prison Impacts Family Visitation Program by A surge in female prisoners incarcerated on low-level drug charges led to the temporary shutdown of a program at the South Dakota Women&rsquo;s Prison that helps prisoners maintain family ties and relationships. The Parent and Children Together (P.A.C.T.) program provides …
Formerly Incarcerated Moms Fight for Reforms to Save Families by Victoria Law By Victoria Law,&nbsp;Yes! Magazine Diana waited at the bus stop for her children to arrive from school one afternoon 20 years ago. She had planned a party to celebrate her daughter&rsquo;s sixth birthday. The party, however, never happened. …
Brief • June 6, 2016
Filed under: OB/GYN, Mothers in Prison
Farley v. City of Philadelphia et al, PA, Amended Complaint, pregnant IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA _______________________________________ : : KELLY FARLEY, : CIVIL ACTION : Plaintiff, : No. 06-2110 : v. : JURY TRIAL DEMANDED : CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; : PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, …
Private Prison Firms Reap Large Profits from Immigration Detention by Gary Hunter Federal immigrant detention has long been a boon to private prison companies Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group, the nation&rsquo;s two largest private prison firms, both of which trade on the New York Stock Exchange. …
Benefits of Allowing Prisoners to Raise Babies Born in Prison by Matthew Clarke Programs that allow pregnant prisoners to keep their babies and raise them in prison appear to have benefits for both the babies and their mothers. According to a recent report, two-thirds of the over 200,000 women incarcerated …
Publication • June 3, 2016
Detained and Dismissed - Report on Health Care for Women Immigrant Detainees, HRW, 2009 United States Detained and Dismissed Women’s Struggles to Obtain Health Care in United States Immigration Detention H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H Detained and Dismissed Women’s …
Publication • May 26, 2016
A Shared Sentence - The Devastating Toll of Parental Incarceration on Kids, AECF, 2016 A SHARED SENTENCE the devastating toll of parental incarceration on kids, families and communities APRIL 2016 policy report KIDS COUNT ABOUT THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION AND KIDS COUNT To order this report, visit www.aecf.org/sharedsentence. To …
D.C. Women in Prison - Continuing Problems and Recommendations for Change , WLC, 2016 D.C. Women in Prison: Continuing Problems and Recommendations for Change March 25, 2016 A report of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs 11 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 www.washlaw.org …
Article • May 13, 2016
Report Finds Most California Counties Out of Compliance with New Pregnant Prisoner Anti-Shackling Law by Matthew Clarke A report released in February 2014 by Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) found most California county jails were out-of-compliance with a 2012 law limiting the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners. …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
How Prison Phone Calls Became a Tax on the Poor by by Eric Markowitz, International Business Times On a recent sticky morning in a trailer park in Biloxi, Mississippi, Mary Jo Barnett switched on her 8-inch&nbsp;Samsung Galaxy tablet to speak with her 20-year-old daughter, Amber, who suffers from bipolar disorder …
ACLU Report: Women Uniquely Harmed by Solitary Confinement by Matthew Clarke In April 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report on the use of solitary confinement for women prisoners in the United States. The report concluded that while solitary was an extreme punishment that should not be …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Guidelines Issued to Safeguard Rights of Pregnant Canadian Prisoners and their Children by Derek Gilna Authorities in the western Canadian province of British Columbia have published a set of guidelines to govern the implementation of Mother-Child Units in provincial prisons as the result of a successful legal challenge that declared …
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