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Pregnancy and New Motherhood in Prison
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Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
ONE Context and landscape of pregnancy and new motherhood in prison
Introduction
Mother and baby unit applications
Experiences of mothers: the danger of unsupported separations
Michelle Barnes
From the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report
The dangers of an incarcerated pregnancy
Ms A
From the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman's report
Ms B (aka Louise Powell) and baby Brooke-Leigh Powell
From the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman's report
The authors' underpinning research
The voices of mothers
Conclusion
TWO How we came to be here: 100 years of criminalised motherhood
Introduction
100 years of pregnancy and new motherhood in prison
19th- and 20th-century women in prison
Prison reform and activism in the 19th and 20th centuries
Present-day reviews and reform
Evidence from Baldwin and Abbott's research and the contemporary landscape
Anxiety, stress and shame
Minoritised pregnant mothers
Conclusion
THREE The 'journey' to incarcerated motherhood
Introduction
The mothers' experiences before criminalisation and/or prison: missed opportunities
Experiences of being mothered
Living in a 'circle of circumstance'
Cycles of trauma
Motherhood, motivation and desistance
The criminal justice response to pregnant and new mothers
Sentencing guidelines
Progress?
In practice?
The mothers' voices: experiences of arrest and sentencing
Awareness of mother and baby units
Conclusion
FOUR Motherhood confined
Introduction
Early days in prison
Prison as a safe space?
Stress and feeling 'unsafe'
Shame and being a 'pregnant prisoner'
Antenatal care
Pregnancy, prison and hospital appointments
Pregnancy, prison and food
Miscarriage and births in prison
Mother and baby units
The application
'Like living in a goldfish bowl'
Conclusion
FIVE The persisting pain of incarcerated pregnancy and new motherhood
Introduction
Post-prison guilt, stigma and shame
Layered shame
Spoiled maternal identity
Guilt
Birth and starting life in prison
The multi-layered legacy of prison pregnancy and new motherhood
'Inability to move on' and friendship
Disrupted realities
Finding resilience
Support: fear of asking/lack of
Difficult choices, difficult consequences
Post-prison trauma
Vicarious trauma
Motherhood and desistance
Conclusion
SIX Personal experiences of pregnancy and motherhood in prison and the value of the voluntary sector in challenging the system
Introduction
The Birth Companions Lived Experience Team
About Birth Companions
Our approach to building engagement
Our services
Pregnancy and New Motherhood in Prison
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
ONE Context and landscape of pregnancy and new motherhood in prison
Introduction
Mother and baby unit applications
Experiences of mothers: the danger of unsupported separations
Michelle Barnes
From the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report
The dangers of an incarcerated pregnancy
Ms A
From the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman's report
Ms B (aka Louise Powell) and baby Brooke-Leigh Powell
From the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman's report
The authors' underpinning research
The voices of mothers
Conclusion
TWO How we came to be here: 100 years of criminalised motherhood
Introduction
100 years of pregnancy and new motherhood in prison
19th- and 20th-century women in prison
Prison reform and activism in the 19th and 20th centuries
Present-day reviews and reform
Evidence from Baldwin and Abbott's research and the contemporary landscape
Anxiety, stress and shame
Minoritised pregnant mothers
Conclusion
THREE The 'journey' to incarcerated motherhood
Introduction
The mothers' experiences before criminalisation and/or prison: missed opportunities
Experiences of being mothered
Living in a 'circle of circumstance'
Cycles of trauma
Motherhood, motivation and desistance
The criminal justice response to pregnant and new mothers
Sentencing guidelines
Progress?
In practice?
The mothers' voices: experiences of arrest and sentencing
Awareness of mother and baby units
Conclusion
FOUR Motherhood confined
Introduction
Early days in prison
Prison as a safe space?
Stress and feeling 'unsafe'
Shame and being a 'pregnant prisoner'
Antenatal care
Pregnancy, prison and hospital appointments
Pregnancy, prison and food
Miscarriage and births in prison
Mother and baby units
The application
'Like living in a goldfish bowl'
Conclusion
FIVE The persisting pain of incarcerated pregnancy and new motherhood
Introduction
Post-prison guilt, stigma and shame
Layered shame
Spoiled maternal identity
Guilt
Birth and starting life in prison
The multi-layered legacy of prison pregnancy and new motherhood
'Inability to move on' and friendship
Disrupted realities
Finding resilience
Support: fear of asking/lack of
Difficult choices, difficult consequences
Post-prison trauma
Vicarious trauma
Motherhood and desistance
Conclusion
SIX Personal experiences of pregnancy and motherhood in prison and the value of the voluntary sector in challenging the system
Introduction
The Birth Companions Lived Experience Team
About Birth Companions
Our approach to building engagement
Our services