Articles by Sharona Coutts

“No Hope for Me”: Women Stripped of Parental Rights after Minor Crimes

Loaded on Nov. 30, 2015 by Sharona Coutts published in Prison Legal News December, 2015, page 26

Filed under: Collateral consequences of prison, Mothers in Prison, Parental rights, Children of Prisoners. Location: United States of America.

“No Hope for Me”: Women Stripped of Parental Rights after Minor Crimes

by Sharona Coutts and Zoe Greenberg, RH Reality Check

Five years ago, LaDonna Hopkins was caught stealing clothes from a store in Rock Island County, Illinois. She wasn’t stealing them to wear, but to sell on the street. ...

Women, Incarcerated

Loaded on June 3, 2015 by Sharona Coutts published in Prison Legal News June, 2015, page 1

Filed under: Corizon, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Systemic Medical Neglect, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, OB/GYN, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mothers in Prison. Location: United States of America.

Women, Incarcerated

by Sharona Coutts and Zoe Greenberg, RH Reality Check

Investigative Series Shows Systemic Abuses of Women in Prisons and Jails

Keeley Schenwar learned she was pregnant the same day she was arrested. That spring of 2013, she didn’t pee on a stick and study the results in the ...