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A scandal has emerged out of New Zealand. Although numerous countries are investigating abuses in intercountry adoption, the adoption of babies born to criminalized and incarcerated mothers remains largely unexamined—whether domestic or intercountry.
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Most adoptees born to incarcerated mothers at the Mercer Reformatory will never know, as their birth history was erased from the birth registration, which only became accessible in 2009.
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Despite many countries having conducted investigations into adoption practices, minimal attention has been given to babies born to criminalized and incarcerated mothers whose children were subsequently removed and adopted through state intervention.🥚
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Important conversations happening on Adoptees of Bluesky!
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Google 'prison adoption'; does the marketing shock you? When domestic infant adoptions declined, international ones increased. Yet, a neglected group— #PrisonBorn —exists, especially adoptees born to 'juvenile delinquents,' as disclosure is prohibited. #SecretPrisonBabies
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That is good news. I will work on #PrisonBorn babies of criminalized women and girls. Also, it should be noted that adoptees born to girls deemed 'juvenile delinquents' will never know, as 'delinquency' offenses are highly protected and cannot be disclosed.
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While international adoption scandals are coming to light, unfortunately, there are too many barriers preventing those adoptees who were #PrisonBorn from properly examining records or even knowing they were born to a criminalized and incarcerated mother.
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Many countries are indeed investigating, but no one is looking into the adoption of #prisonborn babies who are #punishedinutero.
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Imagine finding your ancestor in a prison census at the Mercer Reformatory, charged with 'incorrigible.' You then discover that she had children forcibly taken for adoption, including one born while incarcerated—none of whom she knew.
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🧵"Random article I found: 'The majority of women in prison have experienced prior traumatic events.'
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How did #PrisonBorn babies who were #adopted fare throughout the rest of their lives, considering the conditions under which their mothers endured?👇
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Many babies were born to incarcerated mothers at Mercer and later #adopted.
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Very few of us #adoptees ever find out that we were #PrisonBorn. Deborah Jiang Stein is one such adoptee who discovered her birth history and has written a book about it.
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Many #adoptees were #PrisonBorn but never knew it. This #HiddenHistory persists, especially if their mother was a juvenile. In Canada a Children's Aid Society can't disclose whether she was incarcerated at the time of their birth.
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"Imagine if you - at your birth - were automatically taken from your mother and denied the ability to bond with her."
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Alarming are mothers labeled 'juvenile delinquents,' as the YCJA prohibits disclosing this information. While adoption records may be open, knowledge of a delinquent mother is still withheld. Any #Adoptee could be affected and still doesn’t know.
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Yes, there is certainly an impact on babies born to incarcerated mothers. How many #PrisonAdoptees have died, or been labeled, drugged, & discarded because they don't know they suffer from the profound effects of being #PrisonBorn —because their birth history was hidden, and still is
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Absolutely! On the other hand, here in Ontario, Canada, many of us adoptees born to incarcerated mothers are only now learning about our birth circumstances. There’s a lack of research on how we are navigating and processing our #HiddenHistories. #PrisonBorn #PunishedInUtero
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