“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison
<jats:p>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 c...
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ftunivtsydney:oai:opus.lib.uts.edu.au:10453/150752 2023-05-15T16:13:58+02:00 “We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison Anthony, T Sentance, G Behrendt, L 2021-09-30T04:00:50Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10453/150752 en eng MDPI AG Laws 10.3390/laws10030074 Laws, 2021, 10, (3), pp. 74-74 2075-471X http://hdl.handle.net/10453/150752 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 1602 Criminology 1801 Law Journal Article 2021 ftunivtsydney 2022-03-13T13:44:05Z <jats:p>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.</jats:p> Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Technology Sydney: OPUS - Open Publications of UTS Scholars |
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<jats:p>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.</jats:p> |
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“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison |
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“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison |
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“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison |
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“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison |
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“we’re not being treated like mothers”: listening to the stories of first nations mothers in prison |
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