I have such mixed feelings about this film. I saw it at a time when I was (am) feeling pretty overwhelmed with motherhood (two toddlers) and under-appreciated and supported by my well-meaning but totally oblivious spouse. I think there are real issues with the film’s handling of postpartum psychosis. But I also…

Charlize was amazing and Diablo is fearless.

What I took from it, this idea of “What has my life become, who am I now, and what would my younger idealistic self make of me” was perfectly served by the narrative device they used.

Your younger self wouldn’t hate you, he/she’d look out for you - cos you’re still that…

I walked into Moon fully aware that Sam discovers (spoiler) that he is a clone. If a movie is good, it remains good after you know the twist.

I mean I see the problem but I also kind of don’t care. The family visits are cool, but maybe we should make sure people in jail aren’t getting pregnant. Then lets look further at her case. The dad can not take care of a kid. I mean if you can’t handle a day old kid you can’t handle a three year old. Where did her kid…

Before conviction, we can do things like make birth control and abortion services free; improve access to childcare / education / medical services; reform drug law to focus on treatment vs. incarceration.

Thomas is modest but passionate about fighting for the rights of others—as a law librarian who had been imprisoned since 1982

Given that private prisons are big business and States have agreements with them to ensure that the prisons remain full, it is in no way a conspiracy theory to conclude that these practices are deliberate. When they make it harder for people to do the things that we know reduce recidivism, it’s quite transparent.

But if you focus less on the mother and more on the child, what difference does it make? Are we so intent on punishing people to the fullest that we’ll sacrifice a baby’s well being, knowing that the detrimental effects of premature separation are long-lasting? Denying infants the ability to stay with their mothers…

And I want to make clear that I think it’s possible to have sympathy for Green as an incarcerated mother, while not having sympathy for her role in her crime. The same goes for all incarcerated mothers. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing.

I think it is well-researched but also quite biased. They really downplay some of these women’s crimes. I didn’t know about Green when I first read this but a quick google search shows that Jez totally played down her horrific crime

Wow thank you for the details. I honestly now see this as a very biased report. Cannot say I have any sympathy for Green and I think many of these women’s kids would be better off with stable adoptive families.

It’s extremely frustrating to see how much you downplay/diminish Green’s crime here, especially because it’s totally unnecessary. This article is incredibly compelling and seems well researched. But seeing her crime described as Green unwittingly being a part of a murder for “giving him a ride,” it does a real…

There’s a op-doc film about kids visiting their mothers in prison on the NYTimes website. It is heartbreaking. One of the kids who can’t be more than 10 says something as they leave like “well I guess I’m getting used to hurting.”

As someone who spent some time in jail (though not prison), I can tell you how deeply the loss of their children scars these women. I heard stories of forced parental terminations, of relapsing into drugs when their kids are taken because they feel there’s no hope. Women passed around photos of their babies that were…

I’m sure it’s due to the liability of a SIDS case. Despite its popularity, co-sleeping is considered a risk.

Echoing this. I’d really like to know what we can do, outside of voting, to help these women (and incarcerated men, obviously).

The Washington Post has a similar front page article today but with a different slant.

Well, I can kind of see it from the other side. Sexual assault is common in jail. So I’m guessing prohibiting inmates from touching one another is an effort, in the officials eyes, to reduce claims that someone was touched without their consent. Also inmates allowing contact between inmates would definitely increase…

I also find this idea that cis women are hysterical (and “snowflakes” or even TERFS) really problematic. This shit is so complex. Why are we pretending it’s not?

Oh dear. Do you know how many lesbians and bi women (and even pre-transition transmen) are also in the same jails? Like a significant portion of the population in womens jails in fact. And say the exact kind of things and are just as capable of doing something violent and non-consensual too?