book review
No Medicine, No Nothing
Rebecca M. Rodriguez Carey’s ‘Birth Behind Bars’ examines how the state regulates incarcerated mothers’ bodies. Reading it, I found language for my own trauma.
incarcerated mothers
4 posts in ‘incarcerated mothers’
interventions
The Art of Mothering Through Bars
For incarcerated mothers, sending handmade art to their children can help nurture vital connections—but often even this is hindered by prison officials.
first person
“One Minute Remaining”
As an incarcerated mother, I have fought to remain in my children’s lives. I’ve done everything I could—and it still wasn’t enough.
In Depth
Always a Mother
Maternal incarceration is but a phase for the people who experience it. It doesn’t define them.