Ongoing Research
Project Title: Maternal and Child Outcomes of a Prison Nursery Program
Grantee: Columbia University
Abstract: The broad objectives of this project are to identify and explore the changes in maternal-infant attachment and infant/toddler development as they occur during incarceration on a prison nursery and during the year following release of the infant with and without the mother. The overall goal is to enrich the knowledge base from which prison and community based parenting programs can be developed and tested and to improve the lives of incarcerated women and their children during co detention and following release.
Project Title: Minimizing the Collateral Damage: Interventions to Diminish the Consequences of Mass Incarceration for Children conference
Grantee: Bronfenbrenner Center
Abstract: The fifth biennial conference in honor of the legacy of Urie Bronfenbrenner ? “Minimizing the Collateral Damage: Interventions to Diminish the Consequences of Mass Incarceration for Children” ? convened a panel of leading researchers in an effort to cultivate interdisciplinary perspectives and consider the micro-, meso-, and macro-level interventions that best minimize the consequences of parental incarceration for children, families, and communities. Presentations emphasized the strongest interdisciplinary research on the consequences of paternal and maternal incarceration for children (with special attention to mediators and moderators) as well as discussing policies and individual-level interventions that could help lessen the likelihood of parental incarceration or help children whose parents have experienced incarceration. The conference’s overarching goal is to strengthen the connections between research, policy, and practice in the area of collateral consequences of mass incarceration for children.