Before being locked up, incarcerated women are more marginalized, have higher rates of
mental illness and substance misuse, and have more often experienced physical or sexual …

Maternal incarceration can be a disruptive process for the entire family. Incarcerated
mothers experience stigma and are often regarded both as criminals and mothers who …

Symbolic boundaries are used for establishing narrative identities and have critical impact
on behavior and interpersonal interactions. Using data from a photo-ethnography of people …

Limited research focuses on the nature of the lived experiences of women engaged in sex
trafficking. This study employed qualitative methods of in-depth structured interviews with 10 …

This article seeks to resolve inconsistencies with life course theory (LCT) that we observed
in our ethnographic research on life in multiple highly impoverished communities in Mexico …

Facing the Covid-19 pandemic, prisons in Mexico City prohibited visits. This sparked clearly
gendered protests: male prison inmates complained that the restrictions left them without …

We study the emergence of new forms of law violations in Latin America during the
coronavirus pandemic. Based on data from online news articles, we construct a typology of …

Background: Motherhood in prison is a topic of growing importance and concern in the field
of criminal justice. Incarcerated mothers face unique challenges that can have profound …

The Global Impact of the COVID- 19 Pandemic on Institutional and Community Corrections
Page 1 i The Global Impact of the COVID- 19 Pandemic on Institutional and Community …

Every so often, among the bags of breast milk sent for donation to milk banks, clear bags of
milk are found that are hand decorated and accompanied by short texts written by donating …