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Nov 14, 20241 min read
Invisible No More: The children of prisoners in their own words
TVNZ recently interviewed rangatahi with a parent in prison to get greater insight into the impact of parental incarceration - The...
Sep 15, 20243 min read
Donate a children's book to the Storybook Project!
If you’d like to support Storybook, we’d love it if you could donate a children’s picture book (or books!). Here is a list of some of...
May 14, 20231 min read
Pēpē and their Mothers stay together at ARWCF's Mothers with Babies unit
Q+A recently visited the Mothers with Babies unit at Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility. New Zealand has allowed babies up to...
Dec 16, 20221 min read
Mothers Project helps imprisoned māmā to connect with their tamariki at Christmas time
STUFF 15 December 2022 STUFF's Ripu Bhatia and David White accompanied Mothers Project to Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility in...
May 18, 20211 min read
Corrections to stop handcuffing expectant mothers who're nearing labour or giving birth
TV1 News | 18 May 2021 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/corrections-stop-handcuffing-expectant-mothers-whore-nearing-labour-gi...
Jul 1, 20203 min read
The number of Māori women imprisoned without conviction has nearly doubled after law change
Being in remand cuts off women from their whanau and children and can have a serious impact on children, which is why we run Mothers Project
Jul 21, 20194 min read
How the Mothers Project is helping women behind bars
Once a month, Stacey Shortall pays a visit to one of four women's prisons around the country
Dec 10, 20184 min read
Why prison reform is an educational issue
Lowering the prisoner count is not a criminal justice issue alone. It also is an education issue.
Apr 15, 201811 min read
The Mothers Project: Connecting women in prison with their kids
The Mothers Project has been running in New Zealand women's prisons since 2015
Jul 18, 20171 min read
The mothers project in NZ women's prisons
The mothers project started as a pilot programme at Auckland women's prison in Wiri, and it is now also running in Arohata and Christchurch
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