Resource Library
The NWJC champions and promotes best practice for working with women in contact with the criminal justice system.
This library catalogues a wide range of resources that consolidate and demonstrate the collective wisdom and expertise of women’s organisations and criminal justice specialists. It contains briefing papers, reports, policy documents, current research and other useful resources that provide insight, expertise and best practice examples for working with and supporting women and girls.
Resources can be filtered by keywords, themes, organisation and format and search results include links to further information and downloadable content.
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Level Up and Doughty Street Chambers
Representing pregnant women and new mothers in the criminal justice system: A legal toolkit
This legal toolkit is designed to equip lawyers with the core legal arguments, tools and resources to effectively represent pregnant women and mothers of infants at all stages of the criminal justice …
The Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT)
Together A Chance Evaluation of the Social Worker for Mothers in Prison pilot project 2021-2023
Together a Chance (TaC) is a three-year pilot project to trial embedding a social worker in two women’s prisons, HMP Eastwood Park, Gloucestershire and HMP Send, Surrey. This pilot was led by Th…
Birth Companions
Reproductive justice and the climate emergency in the UK
Climate change, global heating, air pollution, toxic chemicals, environmental degradation and the decline of nature – referred to collectively as the climate and biodiversity emergency – p…
Staffordshire University and Centre for Justice Innovation
Exploring women’s experience of drug and alcohol treatment in the West Midlands
The Centre for Justice Innovation, Staffordshire University and Expert Citizens have received funding from The JABBS Foundation and the Office of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner to exp…
Birth Companions
Understanding the needs and experiences of women in contact with the criminal justice and children’s social care systems during pregnancy and early motherhood
In this briefing paper we shine a spotlight on the issues faced by women who have contact with both the criminal justice and children’s social care systems during pregnancy and the first two yea…
Birth Companions
Birth Charter for Women with Involvement from Children’s Social Care
This Birth Charter sets out how services and systems in England should support all women involved with children’s social care from conception to their child’s second birthday. The Charter …
Birth Companions
Co-designing a new support service for women who are experiencing or at risk of the removal of their baby at birth by children’s social services
With the support of over 40 local stakeholders and women with lived experience, the charity Birth Companions has co-designed an innovative new service for women and their families who are experiencing…
Missed and Lost Opportunities – Recognising Maternal Trauma in Probation Supervision
This article summarises key findings from an investigation into the long term impact of maternal imprisonment on maternal identity and role.
Birth Companions
Why are pregnant women in prison
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 superv…
Crest Advisory
Counting the Cost of Maternal Imprisonment
This report focuses on the cost of female imprisonment for two particularly vulnerable groups; mothers who are imprisoned and their children. Maternal imprisonment also has a high cost for the taxpaye…
Hibiscus
Black Women’s Experiences of the Criminal Justice System
In February 2021, Hibiscus organised a roundtable discussion with Black women about their lived experiences of the criminal justice and immigration systems in the UK. Six of the women attending were H…
One Small Thing
The Intergenerational Traumatic Impact of Maternal Imprisonment
One Small Thing collaborated with Dr Sophie Mitchell from Northumbria University to launch and disseminate her research on the intergenerational impact on maternal imprisonment. Her research interview…