Supporting incarcerated mothers and their children through a co-created model for individual and systems change
Date
Thursday 29 August 2024
Time
2-3pm
Location
Online
Organised by
Te Puna Haumaru - NZ Institute for Security and Crime Science
Cost
Free
In this webinar, Professor Susan Dennison will speak on Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives (TCTL), which commenced in 2020 with the aim to develop a transformative system of practice that breaks the damaging cycles of disadvantage, trauma, and offending, and empowers mothers who are incarcerated, and their children, to have safe, dignified and fulfilling lives.
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Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives (TCTL) is an Australian based project which commenced in 2020 with the aim to develop a transformative system of practice that breaks the damaging cycles of disadvantage, trauma, and offending, and empowers mothers who are incarcerated, and their children, to have safe, dignified and fulfilling lives. The project team embarked on a co-creation process with mothers in prison and service providers to develop a comprehensive and shared understanding of mother’s and children’s needs. The team also examined correctional and programmatic practices and identified system barriers and gaps in services across the sector. The preliminary research with both mothers in prison and system stakeholders revealed problems with the availability, accessibility, comprehensiveness and co-ordination of support and intervention programs. In response, TCTL developed a transformative model for individual- and system-level change with mothers and children’s wellbeing at the core, that was subsequently refined through further engagement with mothers in prison.
The key features of the model, which is currently being trialled in Queensland, and the evaluation framework will be described. Challenges experienced and lessons gained through these early stages of the Transform Lives Program trial and establishment of a Systems Change Board will be discussed.
Speaker:
Professor Susan Dennison (Griffith University) is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Griffith Criminology Institute at Griffith University. She is Director of the Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives Centre.