Concept information
Preferred term
mothers in prison
Definition
- Approximately 70 percent of female prisoners are mothers of minor children. Among these mothers, one-third were living alone with their children at the time of their arrest, resulting in a disruption in their children's living arrangements. [Source: Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World; Mothers in Prison]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/mothers_in_prison
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