Mothers in prison

Between the public institution and private family relations

Bibliographic Data

ID12570671
AuthorsRosi Enroos (0000-0001-9907-3717, Tampere University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume16
Issue1
Pages12-21
Publication date2010-06-07
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild & Family Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00700.x
OpenAlexW1772208481
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited12

This paper explores the practices concerning family relations as described by women inmates in Finnish prisons. The aim is to study how family relations are experienced as family practices in relation to institutional interference on the basis of qualitative interview data (n = 17). The study demonstrates that the prison stay of a family member means an exceptional institutional intrusion in the family's everyday life. A prison's task is to organize a sentence. At the same time, the institution modifies the practices of being a family by allowing or restricting the relations between family members. Consequently, this can be seen as a question of governing the family relations by appraising and standardizing the family. The study demonstrates, firstly, that there is a need to acknowledge and explore the diversity of family relations on the practical level and, secondly, that a wider perspective of family relations in an institutional context can be captured by combining the concepts of institutional and family practices

Context (archaeology · Criminology · Diversity (politics · Institution · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Prison · Public relations · Qualitative research · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Total institution · Computer Science · Gender and Women's Rights · Homelessness and Social Issues · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology

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