Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives: Supporting incarcerated mothers and their children through a co-created model for individual and systems change

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You are invited to join us for the next seminar in the Te Puna Haumaru Seminar Series, where Professor Susan Dennison from Griffith University will present her talk "Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives: Supporting incarcerated mothers and their children through a co-created model for individual and systems change"

Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives (TCTL) commenced in 2020 with the aim to develop a transformative system of practice that breaks the damaging cycles of disadvantage, trauma, and offending, and empowers mothers who are incarcerated, and their children, to have safe, dignified and fulfilling lives. We embarked on a co-creation process with mothers in prison and service providers to develop a comprehensive and shared understanding of mother’s and children’s needs. We also examined correctional and programmatic practices and identified system barriers and gaps in services across the sector. Our preliminary research with both mothers in prison and system stakeholders revealed problems with the availability, accessibility, comprehensiveness and co-ordination of support and intervention programs. In response, we developed a transformative model for individual- and system-level change with mothers and children’s wellbeing at the core, that was subsequently refined through further engagement with mothers in prison. The key features of the model, which is currently being trialled in Queensland, and the evaluation framework will be described. Challenges experienced and lessons gained through these early stages of the Transform Lives Program trial and establishment of a Systems Change Board will be discussed.

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