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Imprison a Mother, Imprison a Family, with Dr. Shona Minson

Imprison a Mother, Imprison a Family, with Dr. Shona Minson

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Some say that when you imprison a mother, you imprison a family. Today, Dr. Shona Minson, Researcher at Oxford University’s Centre for Criminology, shares her groundbreaking work on the often invisible impact of maternal imprisonment on children. She goes beyond stereotypes that label incarcerated women as “bad mothers,” showing how poverty, stigma and systemic discrimination push women into prison and how these injustices reverberate through generations.


BBC Video, What happens when your Mum goes to prison: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYLKW4aOhWE

Talking About Methods Podcast: Shona Minson on Vicarious Trauma in Socio-legal research: open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBIzHyDYOf1DohjY4gzav


YouTube: Safeguarding Children when Sentencing Mothers: youtube.com/watch?v=XBY7hjsb-O0

To learn more about some of the issues touched upon in Pamela’s episode, visit www.womenbeyondwalls.org/shona


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