Goshin Lorie Smith, Byrne Mary Woods
Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York, USA.
J Offender Rehabil. 2009 May 1;48(4):271-295. doi: 10.1080/10509670902848972.
Prison nursery programs allow departments of correction to positively intervene in the lives of both incarcerated mothers and their infant children. The number of prison nurseries in the United States has risen dramatically in the past decade, yet there remains a significant gap between predominant correctional policy in this area and what is known about parenting and infant development. Using Kingdon's streams metaphor, this article examines the recent convergence of problem, policy, and political events related to incarcerated women with infant children and argues that this has created a window of opportunity for development of prison nursery programs. Aday's policy analysis criteria are also used to analyze available evidence regarding the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of prison nursery programs as policy alternatives for incarcerated women with infant children.
监狱托儿所项目使惩教部门能够积极介入被监禁母亲及其婴幼儿的生活。在过去十年中，美国监狱托儿所的数量急剧增加，但在这一领域，主流惩教政策与我们对育儿和婴儿发育的认知之间仍存在巨大差距。本文运用金登的政策溪流隐喻，审视了与携带婴幼儿的被监禁女性相关的问题、政策和政治事件最近的趋同情况，并认为这为监狱托儿所项目的发展创造了一个机遇之窗。同时，本文还运用阿代的政策分析标准，分析了有关监狱托儿所项目作为携带婴幼儿的被监禁女性政策选择的有效性、效率和公平性的现有证据。
