“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison
This article is based on research with over 160 First Nations women in prisons in New South Wales, Australia. The research identified the lived experience of prison sentences for First Nations women in prison. Our research methodology was guided by an Aboriginal women’s advisory body called sista2si...
Published in: | Laws |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI AG
2021
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3390/laws10030074 https://doaj.org/article/f87faca255b54cb0abf39880435851bb |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f87faca255b54cb0abf39880435851bb |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f87faca255b54cb0abf39880435851bb 2023-05-15T16:13:57+02:00 “We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison Thalia Anthony Gemma Sentance Larissa Behrendt 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/laws10030074 https://doaj.org/article/f87faca255b54cb0abf39880435851bb EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/10/3/74 https://doaj.org/toc/2075-471X doi:10.3390/laws10030074 2075-471X https://doaj.org/article/f87faca255b54cb0abf39880435851bb Laws, Vol 10, Iss 74, p 74 (2021) prisons first nations mothers systemic discrimination child protection colonialism Law K article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/laws10030074 2022-12-30T21:55:40Z This article is based on research with over 160 First Nations women in prisons in New South Wales, Australia. The research identified the lived experience of prison sentences for First Nations women in prison. Our research methodology was guided by an Aboriginal women’s advisory body called sista2sista. It was based on the principles of Dadirri in which we listened to the stories of First Nations women in prison on their terms . Consequently, many stories we heard were not about the criminal sentencing process itself, but about the impacts of imprisonment on their capacity to be caregivers in the community, including as mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, teachers and role models. The findings from this research are dual. First, the importance of listening to and empowering First Nations women in prison in policy making that concerns First Nations women. Second, the need to decarcerate First Nations mothers and listen and respond to their needs, expectations, priorities and aspirations, to ensure they are supported in fulfilling their role and responsibility to care, nurture, strengthen and lead their families and communities. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Laws 10 3 74 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English |
topic |
prisons first nations mothers systemic discrimination child protection colonialism Law K |
spellingShingle |
prisons first nations mothers systemic discrimination child protection colonialism Law K Thalia Anthony Gemma Sentance Larissa Behrendt “We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison |
topic_facet |
prisons first nations mothers systemic discrimination child protection colonialism Law K |
description |
This article is based on research with over 160 First Nations women in prisons in New South Wales, Australia. The research identified the lived experience of prison sentences for First Nations women in prison. Our research methodology was guided by an Aboriginal women’s advisory body called sista2sista. It was based on the principles of Dadirri in which we listened to the stories of First Nations women in prison on their terms . Consequently, many stories we heard were not about the criminal sentencing process itself, but about the impacts of imprisonment on their capacity to be caregivers in the community, including as mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, teachers and role models. The findings from this research are dual. First, the importance of listening to and empowering First Nations women in prison in policy making that concerns First Nations women. Second, the need to decarcerate First Nations mothers and listen and respond to their needs, expectations, priorities and aspirations, to ensure they are supported in fulfilling their role and responsibility to care, nurture, strengthen and lead their families and communities. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Thalia Anthony Gemma Sentance Larissa Behrendt |
author_facet |
Thalia Anthony Gemma Sentance Larissa Behrendt |
author_sort |
Thalia Anthony |
title |
“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison |
title_short |
“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison |
title_full |
“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison |
title_fullStr |
“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison |
title_full_unstemmed |
“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison |
title_sort |
“we’re not being treated like mothers”: listening to the stories of first nations mothers in prison |
publisher |
MDPI AG |
publishDate |
2021 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.3390/laws10030074 https://doaj.org/article/f87faca255b54cb0abf39880435851bb |
genre |
First Nations |
genre_facet |
First Nations |
op_source |
Laws, Vol 10, Iss 74, p 74 (2021) |
op_relation |
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/10/3/74 https://doaj.org/toc/2075-471X doi:10.3390/laws10030074 2075-471X https://doaj.org/article/f87faca255b54cb0abf39880435851bb |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.3390/laws10030074 |
container_title |
Laws |
container_volume |
10 |
container_issue |
3 |
container_start_page |
74 |
_version_ |
1765999794621251584 |