Parenting Education for Women Experiencing Incarceration: Views of Prison Staff

This qualitative study involved interviews with staff in a women’s prison to explore their suggestions about parenting education. Interviews were conducted to identify whether staff agreed with previous parenting education suggestions made by women experiencing incarceration and contribute to develo...

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Authors: Lovell, Belinda J. (Author) ; Brown, Angela E. (Author) ; Steen, Mary P. (Author) ; Esterman, Adrian J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Women & criminal justice
Year: 2024, Volume: 34, Issue: 5, Pages: 348–365
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Keywords:
Women
Parenting
Prison staff
Mothers
Education program
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Summary:This qualitative study involved interviews with staff in a women’s prison to explore their suggestions about parenting education. Interviews were conducted to identify whether staff agreed with previous parenting education suggestions made by women experiencing incarceration and contribute to developing a parenting education program. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Staff highlighted the importance of accommodating complex needs, cultural safety, trauma-informed, woman-centred and a strengths-based approach. This approach to program development will contribute to a parenting education program designed for women experiencing incarceration and may support program sustainability attributing to the involvement of the prison community in program design.
ISSN:1541-0323
DOI:10.1080/08974454.2023.2296636