Mothers In Prison (2024)
This report, commissioned by Exchange House Ireland National Travellers Service and funded by the HSE National Office of Suicide Prevention, examines the mental health experiences of Traveller mothers in prison in Ireland and the social, structural, and personal factors shaping their lives.
Drawing on participatory research and secondary data analysis, the authors Dr Sinead O’Malley and Dr Lucy Baldwin, highlights how discrimination, poverty, trauma, family separation, and limited access to culturally appropriate supports intersect to produce profound mental health inequalities for this highly marginalised group.
By centring the voices and lived experiences of Traveller mothers, the report identifies urgent gaps in policy, practice, and service provision, and offers evidence-based recommendations aimed at improving wellbeing, reducing self-harm and suicide risk, and informing more equitable responses across justice, health, and social systems.
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Motherhood Confined: Imprisoned Traveller Mother and Their Mental Heatlh |
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