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Mom Locked Up For Cheering Too Loudly at High School Graduation
by Jorge Rivas on June 6 2012, 10:30AM
A South Carolina mom was arrested on Saturday for cheering at her daughter’s high school graduation for yelling “yay, my baby made it” too loud.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
NYT Report: Prosecuting Moms for Drug Use Is Personhood in Disguise
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 26 2012, 2:43PM
Legislators can easily conjure up stories, with accompanying stereotypes, about crack-addicted babies and their mothers, but what’s really behind the antagonism toward moms?
Topics: Criminal Justice, Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog, Personhood
The Movement to Stop Prisons From Shackling Women in Labor Builds
by Miriam Zoila Pérez on October 4 2011, 9:31AM
Four more states passed laws banning the practice this legislative year, but the vast majority of state prisons still maintain the absurd idea that a woman in childbirth is a security risk.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Gender & Sexuality
California Puts Into Motion Alternative Custody for Incarcerated Moms
by Julianne Hing on September 20 2011, 9:00AM
But most of these women won’t be going home any time soon. Here’s why.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Jezebels, Welfare Queens—And Now, Criminally Bad Black Moms
by Julianne Hing on August 8 2011, 10:30AM
Raquel Nelson’s shocking prosecution reveal a new caricature in the centuries-long demonization of black women. “The thread that joins them is the idea of total sexual immorality and irresponsible reproductive responsibility,” says scholar Dorothy Roberts.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Gender & Sexuality, Raquel Nelson
Raquel Nelson’s Absurd Prosecution Was Common For Black Women
by Julianne Hing on August 2 2011, 11:37AM
“Black women are seen as harmful to their children and to society rather than as caregivers and as nurturers, except insofar as they do it as paid work, as nannies,” says UCLA scholar Sarah Haley.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Raquel Nelson
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