Other relatives face similar barriers. Most social service programs were not designed for children who are living with someone other than their parent. Difficulties in navigating complex service delivery systems can be exacerbated for relatives without legal custody of children. Relatives may also be reluctant to seek assistance, fearing the children in their care will be taken into the State's custody .
A study conducted by The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents found that 32% of the 11-14 year old children of incarcerated mothers had been arrested and/or incarcerated (Johnston, 1992). In a study in Ohio, Hungerford (1993) found that 40% of male children of inmate mothers between 12-17 years of age had been adjudicated delinquent. The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents studied factors that might predict which children of offenders become involved in the criminal justice system. They found that the significant experience.
that these children have in common with their incarcerated parent is the experience of multiple types of recurring trauma throughout at least one stage of development - an experience referred to as enduring trauma.
It should be noted that there is no evidence that incarcerated mothers are abusive or neglectful at greater rates than the general population (Johnston, 1994). Children of female offenders frequently come from low-income homes. Poverty is associated with increased rates of every type of trauma that children experience and contributes to the high levels of stress that prevent families from providing adequate care to children. The trauma that children of incarcerated mothers experience occurs not only while children are living with their mother,.
but also includes experiences associated with the mother's arrest and experiences that children have while their mother is incarcerated. .
Children who repeatedly experience trauma have difficulty mastering one traumatic experience before experiencing another.
Are Prison Reforming or Not! ... Some people question the effectiveness of prisons. ... "I am the mother of a murdered child,"" pleaded Rita when the convicted killer of her 16-year-old son was released after serving only a three-year sentence. ... "For them, prisons are like trade school. ... Of course, not all prisons operate that way. ...
Women prisons have also felt the burden of overcrowding. ... Their prison industry also grows alfalfa and almonds. ... Seventy five to eighty percent of those entering prisons in California are mothers. ... In 1978, the Mother-Infant Care Stature mandated an alternative sentencing option for women with children less than six months of age. ... In all prisons worldwide, medical care is not where it should be. ...
An estimated 72% of the women in prisons had used drugs prior to incarceration. ... More than 50% of these women in prison have children. ... this half the majority are single mothers. (1998, Center for Prison Reform) These factors may be the reason the crime rate among women is growing. ... A mother will submit herself to anything in order to provide for their children. ... A struggling mother will steal from other people in order to feed her children or make a better life for her family. ...
In the article "Incarcerated Mothers" a lot of valid points and strong arguments are made. We learn in the beginning of the article that majority of the women in prison are mothers, and their needs are often neglected. ... Majority of women mothers take care of themselves and abide by the rules simply to get out of prison as soon as possible so that they can see their children. ... Where as mothers have to prove this without expecting support for their mothering role. ... Some women in prison see their children on a regular basis and want to play that mothering, nurturing role for their ki...
The majority of people have a view on prison that simply ends with a criminal being sentenced to prison time, what happens to a so called criminal after that is cared about by a very small number of people. ... I don't actually know if removing the negativity from prisons is entirely possible. ... His motive regardless of how inexcusable that you believe it to be was to obtain money to help prevent his mother from losing their house. ... Rather then this young man being reformed by prison, prison instead created a negative regression of his attitude rather then a positive progression. ...
Prison? ... It is an infamous maximum-security prison, known to be the bloodiest of places. ... He is an African American who faces a life in prison for murder. ... A particularly affective scene in the film is when his mother visits him. ... It gives a completely different angle of prison life to all who view it. ...
Women in Prison I recently had the opportunity to learn about women in prison and how they cope with everyday life. ... The first woman that spoke about prison was Michelle. ... Kati grew up with a dysfunctional family where she seldom saw her father and her mother was a prescription addict. ... She has been attacked many times in prison and soon learned that life in prison is extremely rough. Her father has forgiven her and is now best friends with him, while her mother doesn't share the same feelings. ...
ATTICA PRISON RIOT In 1971, 1,300 prisoners rebelled against their guards and took over the Attica Prison facility in Western New York State. ... There was, in fact, nothing but another huge, foreboding prison. ... In fact, everything had changed -- everything but the prisons. ... Many were mothers as well as wives, and they took the state's offer because Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald traveled to Attica for a secret meeting with them and promised to take care of them. ... He ordered the state's records on the Attica Prison riot sealed for 50 years. ...
In my opinion, women with young children should not be able to have their infants living in prison with them. ... The dispute is whether the benefits of keeping babies close to their mothers prevail over the risk of prison life. ... Can we provide evidence that allowing mothers to raise their children in prison with them, has a more beneficial result? ... How can they possibly handle adjusting to prison life and caring for a young child? ... Following the mother's return to society, child and mother would get reunited with aftercare pro...
