Prison Born

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Publication Year:
2024

ISBN-13: 9781779400109

<P><B>A scathing critique of the colonial legal system&rsquo;s denial of children&rsquo;s rights</B></P><P> One afternoon in 2016, law professor Robin Hansen receives a call. On the other end of the line is &ldquo;Jacquie&rdquo;&mdash;a pregnant Indigenous woman, nine weeks from her due date and terrified for the welfare of her unborn son. Jacquie has been sentenced to a custodial prison sentence and her son will be automatically separated from her immediately after his birth. </P><P> As Hansen works to help Jacquie with her appeal, she uncovers the legal system&rsquo;s inherent discrimination against mothers in custody and the children born to them. Using Access to Information requests along with extensive research, Hansen examines the legal rights of these women&mdash;the majority of whom are Indigenous&mdash;and finds that Jacquie and her son are by no means alone: automatic mother-infant separation without due process remains the norm in most jurisdictions in Canada. </P><P><I>Prison Born</I> calls attention to the colonial and gendered assumptions that continue to underpin the legal system&mdash;assumptions that so frequently lead to the violation of the rights and denial of personhood for children and their mothers. </P>