Imprison a Mother, Imprison a Family, with Dr. Shona Minson

Some say that when you imprison a mother, you imprison a family. Today, Dr. Shona Minson, Researcher at Oxford University’s Centre for Criminology, shares her groundbreaking work on the often invisible impact of maternal imprisonment on children. She goes beyond stereotypes that label incarcerated women as “bad mothers,” showing how poverty, stigma and systemic discrimination push women into prison and how these injustices reverberate through generations.BBC Video, What happens when your Mum goes to prison: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYLKW4aOhWETalking About Methods Podcast: Shona Minson on Vicarious Trauma in Socio-legal research: open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBIzHyDYOf1DohjY4gzavYouTube: Safeguarding Children when Sentencing Mothers: youtube.com/watch?v=XBY7hjsb-O0To learn more about some of the issues touched upon in Pamela’s episode, visit www.womenbeyondwalls.org/shonaFollow Women Beyond WallsOn Instagram: instagram.com/womenbeyondwallsOn Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/women-beyond-walls/On BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4hfl72t7456bi2w2ocajb6c