Symbiotic Harms of Imprisonment and the Effect on Children’s Right to Family Life

Minson, Shona; Flynn, Catherine

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“…Other prisoners expressed the same understanding of the limitations there are to implementing extended phone calls to all (Ralf, Interview 23). The difficulties of implementing the expanded time for phone calling have also been described by Minson and Flynn (2021) who find that the difficulty of providing extra phone calls is further complicated due to COVID-19 restrictions limiting prisoners time out of cell, which corresponds to Christer’s analysis of how the officer needs to bring about the phone instead of letting prisoners access the phone without the involvement of an officer. However, the Danish Ombudsmand has also noted that in Nyborg Prison where time out of cell was expanded due to COVID-19, the prisoners did experience increased time to make phone calls (Folketingets Ombudsmand, 2021).…”

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“…The cancelling of family visits in prison during the pandemic was a measure applied widely internationally to prevent visitors from bringing the virus into prisons. Along with the ban on visits followed a deepening of the deprivation of family life particularly affecting people in prison as well as their families and children (Minson and Flynn, 2021). The suspension of visits was by many prisoners regarded a strict measure to introduce in the prevention of COVID-19, and when this measure was applied, prisoners expected the prison regime to manage less intrusive prevention measures as well, such as limiting the number of new officers entering the prison.…”

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“…Among recent studies, prevention strategies implemented in prisons during COVID-19 lockdown have been evaluated with regard to effectiveness of contact tracing (Clarke et al , 2020; Alves da Costa et al , 2021), symptom screening tools (Goncalves et al , 2021) and vaccination (Barsky et al , 2021). Meanwhile, other studies emphasise the need to weigh infection control strategies up against the potential threat they might impose to prisoners’ mental health and well-being (Beaudry et al , 2020; Gray et al , 2021) and to be aware of how prevention strategies have a cost on prisoners and their families (Brennan, 2020; Minson and Flynn, 2021).…”

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Prisoners’ experiences and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic response – an ethnographic study conducted mid-pandemic

Munkholm

2022

IJPH

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Purpose This paper aims to report findings about how prisoners experience and cope with COVID-19 restrictions, which can contribute to an understanding of how pandemic responses, and specifically the COVID-19 response, affect prisoners. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected through ethnographic fieldwork involving days of observations (N = 24) and the conduction of semi-structured interviews with prisoners (N = 30) in closed prisons and detentions in Denmark between May and December 2021. The transcribed interviews and field notes were processed and coded by using the software programme NVivo. Findings The data analysis reveals that the pains of imprisonment have been exacerbated to people incarcerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. To relieve pains of imprisonment, prisoners turn to censoriousness as an informal coping strategy, where they complain about inconsistency and injustice in the prison’s COVID-19 prevention strategy to reveal the prison system itself as a rule-breaking institution. The prisoners criticise the prison management for using COVID-19 as an excuse, treating prisoners unjustly or not upholding the COVID-19 rules and human rights. Furthermore, principles of justice and equality are also alleged by some prisoners who contemplate the difficulty in treating all prisoners the same. Research limitations/implications More research will be needed to create a full picture of how prisoners cope with pandemic responses. Further research could include interviews with people working inside prisons. Originality/value In a Scandinavian context, to the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first of its kind to apply an ethnographic approach in exploring prison life during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Munkholm

2022

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“…Cathaoir [14], T. Dare [15], K.H. Federle [16], Fedotova [17], U. Kilkelly [18], N. Lynch, U. Kilkelly [19], F. Kokabisaghi [20], Melnychuk [21], S. Minson, C. Flynn [22], A. Olefir and V. Pashkov [23], V.M. Pashkov, M.V.…”

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The development of children’s medical rights in Ukraine (1919 – beginning of the XXI century)

Yermolaiev¹,

Omarova²,

Ponomarova³

2021

JNALSU

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Children's medical rights were actively developed in the twentieth century after the First World War. It was an event of a global scale that prompted legislative changes in national legislations, including Ukraine. Ukraine's experience in children's health care is rich in examples of both successful reforms in this field, and also not that successful ones. The development of children's medical rights in Ukraine had passed different stages of its development. The period from 1919 to the beginning of the 21st century was taken to resolve this issue. The choice of this historical period is justified by the presence of different stages of state and legal development of Ukraine, and, as a consequence, the development of children's medical rights. This is because the development of children's rights is inextricably linked with the development of state policy in the field of child protection. The aim of this research is to analyse the development of children’s medical rights on the example of Ukraine. To achieve this goal, international legal documents, legislation of Ukraine, and works of scholars from various countries were analysed. During the study of this issue, a variety of scientific methods were used. Among them are the dialectical, historical method, method of analysis and synthesis, method of analogy and method of interpretation of legal norms. The main results obtained are: analysis of the history of the development of children’s medical rights in Ukraine and influence of the World Health Organisation and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) on this development. The value of this paper lies in obtaining practical recommendations regarding children’s rights in general and the medical rights of children in particular

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“…The impact of COVID-19 sharpened awareness of this issue. The suspension of visits in response to the pandemic raised scholarly and political consciousness of the importance of visits for prisoners and their families (Dallaire et al, 2021;Minson & Flynn, 2021;Muntingh, 2020;Taylor et al, 2023). Damage to relationships caused by COVID-19 has been long-lasting.…”

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The experiences of men in prison who do not receive visits from family or friends: A qualitative systematic review

Burns,

Murray,

Ferguson

et al. 2024

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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BackgroundVisits present an opportunity for prisoners to preserve family ties and reduce isolation, but not all receive visits from family or friends whilst incarcerated.AimsTo locate, appraise and synthesise qualitative data on the experiences of adult male prisoners (aged 18 years+) who do not receive prison visits from family or friends.MethodsNine electronic databases were searched from the date of their inception until March 2023. The quality of included studies was assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist for qualitative studies, and data from the studies were synthesised using the thematic synthesis method.ResultsEighteen studies from seven countries (the USA, the UK [England, Northern Ireland & Scotland], Canada, Netherlands and the Philippines) were eligible for inclusion. Three main themes emerged: (1) reasons for not receiving visits, (2) harmful effects of not receiving visits and (3) the value of volunteer visitor programmes. Practical problems were cited as interfering with visiting opportunities, but also some prisoners or families chose not to meet in prison. Loneliness and depression were extensively described as effects of not receiving visits. Qualities associated with volunteer visitors included raised self‐esteem, improved mood and personal growth.ConclusionNarratives of the experiences of adult men in prison without visits from family or friends suggest that not only the practical difficulties of imprisonment affect visiting; barriers that prisoners themselves impose would merit further exploration, as would family and relationship dynamics during incarceration and the emotional impact of prison visits, for both prisoners and their families. There are suggestions of therapeutic as well as humanitarian benefits from volunteer visiting programmes. There is a gap in the literature about any specific effect on rebuilding family relationships.

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Symbiotic Harms of Imprisonment and the Effect on Children’s Right to Family Life

Cited by 11 publications

References 28 publications

Prisoners’ experiences and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic response – an ethnographic study conducted mid-pandemic

Prisoners’ experiences and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic response – an ethnographic study conducted mid-pandemic

The development of children’s medical rights in Ukraine (1919 – beginning of the XXI century)

The experiences of men in prison who do not receive visits from family or friends: A qualitative systematic review

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