“I Chose Motherhood First”: Salvaging the Maternal Identity in Resource-Starved Jails

The population of women in jail increased by 15% from 2008 to 2018. A portion of this increase was due to state policies shifting individuals serving sentences of 1–5 years to local jails to reduce prison overcrowding. In-depth interviews with 62 women serving long-term sentences in local jails in C...

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Main Author: Haakmat, Narissa (Author)
Contributors: Matthews, Betsy
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: The prison journal
Year: 2024, Volume: 104, Issue: 5, Pages: 571-593
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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