Inmate Mothers: Legislative Solutions to a Difficult Problem

• NCJ Number: 125996
• Journal: Journal of Crime and Justice Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Dated: (1988) Pages: 61-76
• Author(s): P F Radosh
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 16 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, March 1987, St. Louis.

Annotation

The vast majority of imprisoned women have children and a sizeable portion have either preschool children or infants.

Abstract

The detrimental effect of separation on both the children and the mother is well documented in the literature. The present study is intended as a survey of the legislatively established programs in the States for provision of in-house care of their children by the inmate mothers. This is a descriptive study which catalogs the types and quantity of programs available. 14 footnotes, 38 references, and 1 table. (Author abstract)