“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...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2075-471X/10/3/74/ 2023-08-20T04:06:29+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 2021-09-13 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/laws10030074 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Criminal Justice Issues https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/laws10030074 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Laws; Volume 10; Issue 3; Pages: 74 prisons first nations mothers systemic discrimination child protection colonialism Text 2021 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/laws10030074 2023-08-01T02:40:54Z 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. Text First Nations MDPI Open Access Publishing Laws 10 3 74 |
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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. |
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