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Across the country, incarcerated women are separated from their children and subject to pervasive forms of reproductive abuse. Often, the familial separation and reproductive abuse experienced by women prisoners is framed as a "collateral" or "unintended" consequence of women's imprisonment. Professor Ocen, however, contests this framing, arguing that the regulation of women's reproductive and familial autonomy is an essential function of women's prisons in the United States.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 | Hosted by CRS and the Williams Institute
A talk with Priscilla Ocen '06
Professor of Law, Loyola Law School
2010 - 2012 Critical Race Studies Teaching Fellow
Across the country, incarcerated women are separated from their children and subject to pervasive forms of reproductive abuse. Often, the familial separation and reproductive abuse experienced by women prisoners is framed as a "collateral" or "unintended" consequence of women's imprisonment. Professor Ocen, however, contests this framing, arguing that the regulation of women's reproductive and familial autonomy is an essential function of women's prisons in the United States.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 | Hosted by CRS and the Williams Institute
A talk with Priscilla Ocen '06
Professor of Law, Loyola Law School
2010 - 2012 Critical Race Studies Teaching Fellow
