Full Text PDFs available from Dr. Rebecca Shlafer upon request.

Shlafer, R. J., Gerrity, E., Norris, C., Freeman-Cook, R., & B Sufrin, C. (2022). Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act of 2021: Reflections and recommendations. Women's Health, 18, 17455057221093037.

Howland, M. A., Kotlar, B., Davis, L., & Shlafer, R. J. (2021). Depressive symptoms among pregnant and postpartum women in prison. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 66(4), 494-502.

Pendleton, V. E., Schmitgen, E. M., Davis, L., & Shlafer, R. J. (2021). Caregiving Arrangements and Caregiver Well-being when Infants are Born to Mothers in Prison. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-14.

Shlafer, R., Davis, L., Hindt, L., & Pendleton, V. (2021). The benefits of doula support for women who are pregnant in prison and their newborns. In Children with Incarcerated Mothers (pp. 33-48). Springer, Cham.

Shlafer, R., Saunders, J.B., Boraas, C. M., Kozhimannil, K. B., Mazumder, N., & Freese, R. Maternal and neonatal outcomes among incarcerated women who gave birth in custody. Birth. 2021; 48, 122–131. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12524 
 
Pendleton, V., Saunders, J. B., & Shlafer, R. (2020). Corrections officers’ knowledge and perspectives of maternal and child health policies and programs for pregnant women in prison. Health & Justice, 8(1), 1.
 
Shlafer, R., Hardman, R., Carlson, E. (2019). Reproductive justice for incarcerated mothers and advocacy for their infants and young children. Infant Mental Health, 40(5), 725-74. 

Shlafer, R., Davis, L., Hindt, L., Goshin, L., & Gerrity, E. (2018). Intention and Initiation of Breastfeeding Among Women Who Are Incarcerated. Nursing for Women’s Health, 22(1), 64-78.  
 
Shlafer, R., Stang, J., Dallaire, D., Forestell, C. A., & Hellerstedt, W. (2017). Best Practices for Nutrition Care of Pregnant Women in Prison.  Journal of Correctional Health Care, 23(3), 297-304. 

Shlafer, R., Gerrity, E. & Duwe, G. (2015). Pregnancy and Parenting Support for Incarcerated Women: Lessons Learned. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research Education and Action, 9(3), 371-378.
 
Shlafer, R., Hellerstedt, W., Secor-Turner, M., Gerrity, E., & Baker, R. (2014).  Doulas’ perspectives about providing support to incarcerated women: A feasibility study.  Public Health Nursing, 32(4), 316–326.

• Minnesota’s Anti-Shackling Law

• Dignity Acts

• Oklahoma’s Anti-Shackling Law

• First Step Act

• ICE Detention Standards on the Medical Care of Women​

• World Health Organizations Statement on Cesarean Rates

• Nursing Care of Incarcerated Women During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period - AWHONN

• AWHONN Statement on Shackling and Pregnancy

• March of Dimes Position Paper on Doulas

• Health Care for Pregnant and Postpartum Incarcerated Women and Adolescent Females - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

• Shackling and Separation: Motherhood In Prison - American Medical Association

• ​Bangkok Rules

• National Commission on Correctional Health Care Position on Restraint of Pregnant Incarcerated People

• Jail Care

• The Body Keeps the Score

• Killing The Black Body

• The New Jim Crow

• Resistance Behind Bars

• Health Issues Among Incarcerated Women

• Medical Apartheid

• Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology​

• Just Mercy

• An International Human Rights Perspective on Maternal Criminal Justice Involvement in the United States

• Pregnancy Outcomes in US Prisons, 2016–2017

• Reproductive Health Care and Family Planning Needs Among Incarcerated Women​

• Imprisonment and Women’s Health: Concerns About Gender Sensitivity, Human Rights and Public Health

• Where Does Your State Stand on Shackling Pregnant Incarcerated Women?

•  A Radical Model for Decriminalization: Young Women’s Freedom Movement

• State Standards for Pregnancy-Related Health Care and Abortion for Women In Prison

• Health Outcomes of Incarcerated Pregnant Women and Their Infants in a Community-Based Program

• Health Care of Pregnant Women in U.S. State Prisons

• Stress Proliferation Across Generations? Examining the Relationship Between Parental Incarceration and Childhood Health

• Trans Incarceration

• Cochrane Review of Continuous Support in Pregnancy

• “Hard Labor” - The Marshall Project

• “The Separation” - The Marshall Project

• “The Drama of Pregnant Women in Prison” - Forbes

• What is prison like for women and girls? | The Marshall Project

• Prison is no place for women and girls | Topeka K. Sam | TEDxMidAtlantic

• Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice | TED

• The Sentence | HBO

• How to be a Mum in Jail? | BBC News