Parenting Education for Women Experiencing Incarceration: Views of Prison Staff

Belinda J. Lovell; Angela E. Brown; Mary P. Steen; Adrian J. Esterman

doi:10.1080/08974454.2023.2296636

Parenting Education for Women Experiencing Incarceration: Views of Prison Staff

Belinda J. Lovell^*, Angela E. Brown, Mary P. Steen, Adrian J. Esterman

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This qualitative study involved interviews with staff in a women’s prison to explore their suggestions about parenting education. Interviews were conducted to identify whether staff agreed with previous parenting education suggestions made by women experiencing incarceration and contribute to developing a parenting education program. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Staff highlighted the importance of accommodating complex needs, cultural safety, trauma-informed, woman-centred and a strengths-based approach. This approach to program development will contribute to a parenting education program designed for women experiencing incarceration and may support program sustainability attributing to the involvement of the prison community in program design.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	348-365
Number of pages	18
Journal	Women and Criminal Justice
Volume	34
Issue number	5
Early online date	17 Jan 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2023.2296636
Publication status	Published - 2 Sept 2024

Keywords

Education program
mothers
parenting
prison staff
women

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