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Experiences of midwifery care in English prisons
(2022-11-12)
Background: In the United Kingdom (UK), all prisoners must receive healthcare equivalent to that available in the community. However, evidence suggests that equality in healthcare provision for perinatal women in UK prisons ...
Compulsory separation of women prisoners from their babies following childbirth: Uncertainty, loss and disenfranchised grief
(2021-12-26)
There is growing evidence to show increased mental ill health in women compulsorily separated from their babies at birth (Cantwell et al., MBRRACE‐UK, 2018:56). For imprisoned women, the risk of self‐harm and suicide may ...
Pregnancy and childbirth in English prisons : institutional ignominy and the pains of imprisonment
(2020-01-10)
With a prison population of approximately 9000 women in England, it is estimated that approximately 600 pregnancies and 100 births occur annually. Despite an extensive literature on the sociology of reproduction, pregnancy ...