Resource Summary
This study explores the reasons that pregnant women spend time in English prisons. This could be due to remand in custody (pre-trial detention), a custodial sentence, or recall during probation supervision (either because of a breach of conditions or a new offence). It presents evidence from women who had been pregnant in prison about the realities of their experience. With this evidence, the researchers ask whether pregnant women should ever be sent to prison and look at the alternatives to custody available to police and courts.
Resource Information
| Format: | report or research |
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| Author: | Dr Rona Epstein, Dr Geraldine Brown and Maria Garcia de Frutos |
| Organisation: | Birth Companions |
| Themes: | criminal justice, pregnancy, birth and motherhood, women centres & women's specialist services |
| Funder(s): | The Oakdale Trust |
| Published: | November 2021 |
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