“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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| Language: | English |
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2024
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The prison journal
Year: 2024, Volume: 104, Issue: 5, Pages: 571-593 |
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