Women of reproductive age may experience pregnancy and mothering in a correctional
environment designed for men. Rates of incarceration for women in the United States are …

In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic and at the time of writing, there
were more than 13 million known cases and more than 500,000 deaths. Not since the …

Over the last three decades, the number of children experiencing the incarceration of one or
both parents has grown dramatically. Although the children of prisoners are not under legal …

Background Maternal imprisonment negatively impacts mothers and their children and is
likely to have lifelong and intergenerational sequelae. In many jurisdictions nationally and …

For millions of children with incarcerated parents worldwide, parent-child visits are
suspended because of the worldwide novel coronavirus pandemic. Although child-friendly …

As the number of children affected by parental incarceration has risen, so too have issues
regarding children's visits with parents at corrections facilities. Many incarcerated parents do …

Background Little is known about how incarcerated mothers make meaning of their
parenting role and relationship with their children prior to incarceration and during custody …

The US has seen a more than five‐fold increase in the number of children who experience
the incarceration of a parent, such that now 7% of all US children have been impacted …

The significant number of annual US jail admissions is intricately tied to the increasing
population of children with incarcerated parents. Some proportion of these children will visit …

More than 5 million children will experience parental incarceration at some point in their
lives, an adverse childhood event that will impact their relationship with their parents and the …