Mothering from the Inside: Parenting in a Women's Prison (Suny Series in Women, Crime, and Criminology) - Softcover

Enos, Sandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791448509 ISBN 13: 9780791448502

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2000

Synopsis

Explores how women in prison manage to mother their children from behind bars.

The majority of female inmates are also mothers of children under the age of eighteen. These women don’t stop being mothers when they receive a prison sentence, but in fact try a variety of means to maintain motherhood and mothering while away from their children. Based on research conducted in a women’s prison, Mothering from the Inside reveals how inmate mothers find places for their children to live, manage relationships with caregivers, demonstrate their fitness as mothers, and negotiate rights to their children under challenging circumstances. The impact of race, ethnicity, and marginality on women in prison is traced through the development of the women’s motherhood careers.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The majority of female inmates are also mothers of children under the age of eighteen. These women don't stop being mothers when they receive a prison sentence, but in fact try a variety of means to maintain motherhood and mothering while away from their children. Based on research conducted in a women's prison, Mothering from the Inside reveals how inmate mothers find places for their children to live, manage relationships with caregivers, demonstrate their fitness as mothers, and negotiate rights to their children under challenging circumstances. The impact of race, ethnicity, and marginality on women in prison is traced through the development of the women's motherhood careers.

About the Author:

Sandra Enos is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rhode Island College.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0791448509
• ISBN 13: 9780791448502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188