Analyzing the rights of the child along with the imprisoned mother in laws and documents and explaining his needs and problems in Iranian prisons

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

PhD alzahra university

10.22059/ijsp.2023.92827

Abstract

The research purpose is to identify the various issues and needs of children with imprisoned mothers and their compliance with domestic and international laws related to children's rights. The research was done in two steps with qualitative approach and qualitative content analysis method. In the first step, four domestic laws and documents and three international laws have been analyzed to identify children's rights. In the second step, 32 texts including interviews, reports and lived experiences related to a child with a mother imprisoned in Iran, which were published in domestic and foreign news agencies, newspapers and databases, along with eight contents published on the personal Instagram page of one of Child rights activists have been analyzed. The results of the data analysis showed that children with imprisoned mothers have received less attention in domestic and international laws. There are no suitable conditions and facilities for children in Iran's prisons. Due to the minimum conditions and facilities in the prison, its security environment and keeping the child with other prisoners, the prison is not a suitable environment for keeping the child. It is better to keep the child together with the mother in home-like institutions away from the prison environment.

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