Motherhood In and After Prison

Dr Lucy Baldwin is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at De Montfort University. Her career has encompassed working with Social Services, the Probation Service and Prisons, which led her to research the entire spectrum of maternal imprisonment and become a campaigner for the better treatment of women by the justice system. She is the author of the acclaimed Mothering Justice: Working With Mothers in Criminal and Social Justice Settings (Waterside Press, 2015), the first whole book in the UK to take motherhood and criminal justice as its focus.

• Foreword by Lady Edwina Grosvenor; Preface; List of Abbreviations. PART I - Overview. Introduction; Gendered Criminal Justice; The Making of Motherhood; The Mothers. PART II - Findings. Pre-Prison Experiences; Entering the Prison Space and Early Days; Distant Mothering and Grandmothering; Regimes, Rules and Relationships; Renegotiating Motherhood; Trust and Surveillance; Trauma and Pain. PART III - Conclusions and Recommendations. Drawing Together the Evidence. References and Bibliography. Index.

‘Lucy Baldwin’s important book explores the wider context of the imprisonment of women … Written with passion, Motherhood in and After Prison presents powerful evidence of the enduring harm caused by the imprisonment of mothers and offers sound recommendations for change in policy and practice’-- Dr Rona Epstein, Coventry University Law Journal; 'This timely book beautifully educates without judgement and is a must read for policymakers and practitioners alike, driving home a most critical message about the colossal and devastating impact of imprisoning mothers'-- Lady Edwina Grosvenor (from the Foreword).