Episode 23: Criminalizing Mothers
Justice In America
The Appeal
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
One of the most devastating collateral consequences for someone involved in the criminal justice system is the potential destruction of their family – most commonly parents losing custody of kids and children being forced into foster care. On this episode of Justice in America, Josie Duffy Rice and her guest co-host Zak Cheney-Rice look at the relationship between the criminal justice system and family court, and examine how together they can havoc on American families. They are joined by Emma Ketteringham, the Managing Director of the Bronx Defenders Family Defense Practice.
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| 0:00.0 | The vast majority of parents in the child protection system have not hurt abandoned or abused their child. |
| 0:11.0 | They're charged with posing risk to their children, largely |
| 0:15.0 | because of circumstances of poverty and all of its related stressors. Things like |
| 0:20.9 | inadequate housing, lacking child care, poor health care, |
| 0:25.0 | disagreeing with the child school or doctor, |
| 0:28.0 | asking for a second opinion even, |
| 0:31.0 | losing their temper, being ill or disabled, accidental injuries, or just even |
| 0:36.5 | failing to protect their child from someone else who hurt them. And many of the things |
| 0:41.5 | that they're charged with are things that if they were financially better off, they could treat themselves. Hi, I'm Josie Duffy Rice. |
| 0:55.0 | And I'm Zach Cheney Rice. |
| 0:58.0 | And this is Justice in America. |
| 1:00.0 | Each show we discuss a topic in the American Criminal Justice System and we try to explain what it is and how it works. |
| 1:07.0 | Thank you so much everyone for joining us today. |
| 1:09.0 | You can find us on Twitter at Justice Underscore Podcast. |
| 1:12.0 | We're also on Facebook at Justice in America and |
| 1:15.2 | subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts. We'd love to hear from you. |
| 1:18.8 | So I'm very excited about our special guest host today. |
| 1:23.3 | Zach is a staff writer at New York magazine. |
| 1:26.5 | If you want to learn more about him, |
| 1:27.9 | you can check out his 10 question bonus episode. |
| 1:31.2 | But the other fun fact about Zach is that he is my husband. So I'm especially |
| 1:35.7 | excited to have him on and joining us for a few episodes. Thank you so much for |
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