Frontline Perspectives on Maternal Incarceration
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2022-11-21
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DIALOGUE ON GENDER, HEALTH AND (IN)JUSTICE IN CANADA
Mirinda Bray is the House Director of Caitlan’s Place, a supported housing program in Halifax, Nova Scotia for women and gender diverse people involved in the criminal legal system. She was an inaugural staff for the J.E.C project, a decarceration program that provided emergency housing and wrap-around support services for individuals exiting jail in the context of COVID-19. She previously held the position of Family Justice Coordinator where she supported mothers navigating the family court system through child protection and custody matters and worked directly with mothers who are provincially incarcerated or criminalized.
Abby is a mother who has experienced criminalization in Nova Scotia and incarceration in its provincial jail system.