Incarcerated Women: Their Situation, Their Needs and Measures for Sustainable Reintegration

Beichner, Dawn; Hagemann, Otmar

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“…Last, we suggest that gender-responsive programming include a trauma-informed, restorative justice approach to reentry. The approach would be developed to meet each returning woman's needs and abilities, specifically considering her lifeworld, including her relationship with her children (Beichner & Hagemann, 2016;2022). In this model, the woman selects people in her informal care network (i.e., family members, friends, neighbors, and colleagues) to assist in her reentry care plan and its implementation.…”

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A Thematic Analysis of Parenting Experiences of Women in Prison

Louis,

University

2023

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Worldwide, more than 740,000 women and girls -most of them convicted for nonviolent offenses -are incarcerated, accounting for no more than 3% of imprisoned individuals in 70 countries and territories (Penal Reform International, 2022) and 6.9% of the global carceral population (Fair & Walmsley, 2022). Compared to men, though women in prison are less in number by headcount, they are the fastest-growing population by incarceration rate. For example, from mid-2000 to mid-2022, the female prison population increased by 60%, compared to a 22% increase for the male carceral population during the same time period (Fair & Walmsley, 2022). The United States, the leading incarcerator globally, has more than 200,000 female prisoners with a prison population rate of 64 per 100,000 (Fair & Walmsley, 2022). As women's representation in prisons grows, so does the number of ABSTRACT Although there is growing literature examining system-involved mothers, little is known about their parenting experiences and coping mechanisms. Using Braun and colleagues ' (2006; 2022) reflexive thematic analysis approach, this qualitative study examines the parenting experiences of forty-four mothers incarcerated in a Midwestern correctional center. The data were gathered from interviews with incarcerated mothers and included accounts of the women's experiences before and during their incarceration. The narratives illustrate how background experiences (i.e., sexual and physical abuse, drug dependency, and childhood experiences) shape women's experiences of mothering, perceptions of the effects of incarceration on their children, and reentry plans. Results from this study provide an understanding of how incarceration shapes parenting and facilitates or presents barriers to mother-child relationships. The authors conclude with a call for action that includes abolishing incarceration for individuals convicted of non-violent offenses, adopting gender-responsive programming, and using traumainformed, restorative justice approaches to reentry.

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A Thematic Analysis of Parenting Experiences of Women in Prison

Louis,

University

2023

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“…There has been no systematic, international study of children residing with incarcerated mothers worldwide. Much of the current research suggests that there is wide variation in practices from place to place (Beichner & Hagemann, 2016; Halton & Townhead, 2020).…”

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“…We made explicit the histories of trauma and abuse that characterize most incarcerated women's lived experiences. We acknowledge the differential impact that women's incarceration poses and the collateral effects on the families—and, namely, the children—who are left behind due to maternal incarceration (Beichner & Hagemann, 2016). In the section that follows, we initiate a call for reform that incorporates four strategies related to women's incarceration worldwide.…”

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“…There are many potential advantages to using a Restorative Justice approach for women's aftercare or reentry. Not only are the woman and her life experiences at the core of the approach, but aftercare plans also are developed to meet her individual needs and abilities, with consideration of the specific conditions of her life-world (Beichner & Hagemann, 2016). In this model, the woman determines which of the people in her informal network of care (e.g., friends, family members, colleagues, neighbors) will be involved in her aftercare or reentry care plan and implementation.…”

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A Global View of Women, Prison, and Aftercare: A Call for Reform

Beichner

Hagemann

2022

Violence Against Women

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Ending violence against women—part of the priority theme of the CSW65—is an international human rights issue. We must prevent and combat violence against all women, including those who are incarcerated worldwide. Incarcerated women are among the most marginalized populations; they have suffered numerous victimizations without ever seeing their perpetrators brought to justice. Though most incarcerated women have committed non-violent offenses, they are locked away in prisons, far away from their loved ones, and subject to inhumane conditions. According to international human rights law, preventing VAW is the responsibility of the State in all contexts, including prisons. In this article, we acknowledge the global treatment of women in prison as a form of State violence against women and provide policy reform for incarcerated women worldwide. We propose four strategies to reform women's incarceration worldwide: (1) recognizing and dismantling systemic and institutionalized discrimination and biases; (2) abolition of prison sentences for non-violent offenders; (3) restorative approaches to aftercare (or reentry); and (4) making children the priority.

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Restorative Justice als Philosophie in Frauenhäusern

Hagemann

Beichner

2018

Edition Professions- Und Professionalisierungsforschung

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Incarcerated Women: Their Situation, Their Needs and Measures for Sustainable Reintegration

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A Thematic Analysis of Parenting Experiences of Women in Prison

A Thematic Analysis of Parenting Experiences of Women in Prison

A Global View of Women, Prison, and Aftercare: A Call for Reform

Restorative Justice als Philosophie in Frauenhäusern

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