Abstract

The number of people incarcerated in federal prisons for women in Canada increases every year. Incarcerated women experience barriers to sexual and reproductive health care and experience poorer health outcomes such as increased rates of unplanned pregnancy, unmet contraceptive needs, and higher rates of sexually transmitted infections and gynaecological cancers. The aim of the study was to understand how pregnant people and new parents experience health and health services while incarcerated in federal prisons for women with respect to participation in the institutional Mother Child Program (MCP).

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