The paper, the result of a scoping review conducted within the framework of the PRIN «Phoenix. A New Kind of ‘Rebirth’ for Women and Children Living in Conditions of Marginalization», explores the condition of incarcerated mothers through a pedagogical and intersectional lens, with the aim of redefining educational and social services for women and children living in conditions of marginalization. Drawing on a rigorous and multidisciplinary methodology, the literature review identified 85 relevant international studies. The subsequent thematic analysis revealed seven core conceptual areas shared across the studies: Social and institutional stigma; narratives and representations; systemic racism and intersectional perspectives; mental health and well-being; forms of agency and disempowerment; motherhood inside and outside prison; and prison policies. The findings highlight recurring critical issues across the various contexts examined: Motherhood in prison emerges as an ambivalent space in which women negotiate their identities between institutional control and practices of resistance, within a penal system that remains largely inattentive to gender dynamics and the parental role of women.

L’articolo, frutto di un lavoro di scoping review, condotta nell’ambito del progetto PRIN «Phoenix. A New Kind of ‘Rebirth’ for Women and Children Living in Conditions of Marginalization», esplora la condizione delle madri detenute attraverso una lente pedagogica e intersezionale, con l’obiettivo di ridefinire i servizi educativi e sociali destinati a donne e bambini in situazioni di marginalità. Dalla revisione della letteratura, adottando una metodologia rigorosa e multidisciplinare, sono stati individuate 85 studi internazionali di interesse. La successiva analisi tematica ha fatto emergere sette nuclei concettuali comuni agli studi: lo stigma sociale e istituzionale, le narrazioni e le rappresentazioni, il razzismo sistemico e la prospettiva intersezionale, la salute mentale ed il benessere, le forme di agency e dis-empowerment, la maternità dentre e fuori dal carcere, le politiche penitenziarie. Quanto emerso documenta alcune criticità comuni ai diversi contesti oggetto di studio della letteratura analizzata: la maternità si configura come spazio ambivalente, in cui le donne negoziano la propria identità tra controllo istituzionale e pratiche di resistenza, all’interno di un sistema detentivo poco attento alla dimensione di genere e al ruolo genitoriale delle donne.

Zizioli, E., Meta, C., Stillo, L., Marzoli, R., Franchi, G., Colla, E. (2025). Incarcerated Motherhood and the Right to Education: A Pedagogical Scoping Review. JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES, 1(32), 155-188 [10.7358/ecps-2025-032-zizi].

Incarcerated Motherhood and the Right to Education: A Pedagogical Scoping Review

Zizioli, E;
2025

Abstract

The paper, the result of a scoping review conducted within the framework of the PRIN «Phoenix. A New Kind of ‘Rebirth’ for Women and Children Living in Conditions of Marginalization», explores the condition of incarcerated mothers through a pedagogical and intersectional lens, with the aim of redefining educational and social services for women and children living in conditions of marginalization. Drawing on a rigorous and multidisciplinary methodology, the literature review identified 85 relevant international studies. The subsequent thematic analysis revealed seven core conceptual areas shared across the studies: Social and institutional stigma; narratives and representations; systemic racism and intersectional perspectives; mental health and well-being; forms of agency and disempowerment; motherhood inside and outside prison; and prison policies. The findings highlight recurring critical issues across the various contexts examined: Motherhood in prison emerges as an ambivalent space in which women negotiate their identities between institutional control and practices of resistance, within a penal system that remains largely inattentive to gender dynamics and the parental role of women.
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Educational needs; Incarceration; Intersectionality; Motherhood; Scoping review;
English
Italian
2025
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32
155
188
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Zizioli, E., Meta, C., Stillo, L., Marzoli, R., Franchi, G., Colla, E. (2025). Incarcerated Motherhood and the Right to Education: A Pedagogical Scoping Review. JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES, 1(32), 155-188 [10.7358/ecps-2025-032-zizi].
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