Multidimensional Framework For Incarcerated And Pregnant Women

Multidimensional framework should be applied to women which are incarcerated and pregnant by understanding their personal dimensions. In the video, each women had different stories of why they were in prison and how they had to deal with being pregnant in prison. For instance, some of the ladies had went to prison for selling drugs, burglary, and murder. The environment they were living causing them to do things that would put them in jail. Pregnancy can be an anxious experience for all women but it is worst when you’re pregnant in prison. Questions runs through these pregnant women minds when they are in prison such as what happen if I can’t get proper healthcare? What happens if I’m not allow out of my cell when my water break? It causes so much emotions to think about what is going to happen to their baby after birth and that they might not see their baby after they get out of prison.
Being pregnant in prison comes with fear and one of them is to be able to keep the baby while incarcerated. Majority of children are separated from mothers within hours after birth. The mothers are return
For instance, Maddie from the video has experienced depression for the whole nine months due to the fact she was told she would not be able to keep her child. Understanding these biological factors allows a social worker to assess that the women are facing in prison while being pregnant. Multidimensional could be applied by looking at the social being of the pregnant women. For instance, one of the women wasn’t receiving no treatment as a mother to be in prison. They wasn’t nice to her and if she cried or got upset, they would get an officer to sit her and that was it. Just looking at how they are being treated as an inmate rather than a pregnant women is horrible. Pregnant women just need the support so they can feel comfortable and have a right state of mind during the