“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison

Anthony, T; Sentance, G; Behrendt, L

“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison

Anthony, T

Sentance, G Behrendt, L

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Publisher:: MDPI AG
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Laws, 2021, 10, (3), pp. 74-74
Issue Date:: 2021-09-13

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dc.contributor.author	Anthony, T https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0652-0731
dc.contributor.author	Sentance, G
dc.contributor.author	Behrendt, L
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-30T04:00:51Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-30T04:00:51Z
dc.date.issued	2021-09-13
dc.identifier.citation	Laws, 2021, 10, (3), pp. 74-74
dc.identifier.issn	2075-471X
dc.identifier.issn	2075-471X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/150752
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>This article is based on research with over 160 First Nations women in prisons in New South Wales, Australia. The research identified the lived experience of prison sentences for First Nations women in prison. Our research methodology was guided by an Aboriginal women’s advisory body called sista2sista. It was based on the principles of Dadirri in which we listened to the stories of First Nations women in prison on their terms. Consequently, many stories we heard were not about the criminal sentencing process itself, but about the impacts of imprisonment on their capacity to be caregivers in the community, including as mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, teachers and role models. The findings from this research are dual. First, the importance of listening to and empowering First Nations women in prison in policy making that concerns First Nations women. Second, the need to decarcerate First Nations mothers and listen and respond to their needs, expectations, priorities and aspirations, to ensure they are supported in fulfilling their role and responsibility to care, nurture, strengthen and lead their families and communities.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	MDPI AG
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100415
dc.relation.ispartof	Laws
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/laws10030074
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1602 Criminology, 1801 Law
dc.title	“We’re Not Being Treated Like Mothers”: Listening to the Stories of First Nations Mothers in Prison
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	10
utslib.for	1602 Criminology
utslib.for	1801 Law
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - SIC - Strengthening Indigenous Communities
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2021-09-30T04:00:50Z
pubs.issue	3
pubs.publication-status	Published online
pubs.volume	10
utslib.citation.issue	3

Abstract:

This article is based on research with over 160 First Nations women in prisons in New South Wales, Australia. The research identified the lived experience of prison sentences for First Nations women in prison. Our research methodology was guided by an Aboriginal women’s advisory body called sista2sista. It was based on the principles of Dadirri in which we listened to the stories of First Nations women in prison on their terms. Consequently, many stories we heard were not about the criminal sentencing process itself, but about the impacts of imprisonment on their capacity to be caregivers in the community, including as mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, teachers and role models. The findings from this research are dual. First, the importance of listening to and empowering First Nations women in prison in policy making that concerns First Nations women. Second, the need to decarcerate First Nations mothers and listen and respond to their needs, expectations, priorities and aspirations, to ensure they are supported in fulfilling their role and responsibility to care, nurture, strengthen and lead their families and communities.

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