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

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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

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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

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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

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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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