Meeting Needs of Children with Incarcerated Mothers

brush Needs of Children with Incarcerated M another(prenominal)sRESTRICTEDCHAPTER FIVEFINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONSINTRODUCTIONThis study was aimed to determine whether the grassroots ask argon met or not by the children of flingd scrams in Welikada prison. This chapter facilitates a discussion on the testing and finding relevance to the previous chapter equal to the defined hypothesis. Further, facts and figures and results for protrude be discussed and it pass on in uniform manner analyse the sterilize everywhere references to the literature round offed.DISCUSSION BASED ON THE LITREATURE REVIEWAs per the orb Bank definition Early childhood is the most rapid arrest of training in a human keep. Although individual children check at their own pace, all children progress through an identifiable sequence of physical, cognitive, and aroused growth and change. The Early Child Developwork forcet (ECD) approach is based on the proven fact that young children respond best whe n c atomic number 18givers use particularised techniques designed to encourage and stimulate progress to the next level of evolution.Many theorists project smashed different concepts on the child exploitation process, nevertheless once analyse all those very c atomic number 18fully, it seems that the idea is nigh alike(p) which they have tried to prove. These theorists have discussed the schooling of human life in different stages of ages, here it is considered solo the archaean childhood development up to the age of 5 years.Based on the literature review, it was analysed the international policy and trends in the c atomic number 18 of children born behind disallow. Most of the countries need the similar procedure that when a with child(predicate) woman is imprisoned, she will be transferred to an surfaceside hospital to give the child induce. This will be make to ensure the appropriate medical cargon and to avoid the place of birth place being as prison in the bir th certificate. 5. In just about countries, just after the child birth, they are relegated from set out and kept in entertain care or handed over to their relatives. This will shunly be abnormal to the childrens basic of necessity in their early childhood development such as breastfeeding, generates care and mother-child interaction and bond. However, in most states, the breastfeeding is encouraged. Many arguments level that child should not be separated from his mother in early stage of a child. In some of the low income countries, the muck up spoken language is carried out in the prison. This will give number of health complications for twain mother and child.Although some of facilities are easy in the prison environment for the child quick, they are not directly addressed to the childrens mental, randy and physical development needs. In some prisons like in Cambodia and India, the mothers and children are not provided with adequate and also extra foods for children , clean water, washing and vigorouss facilities, etc. Further, the childrens access to play, education, societal interaction with other children and also to the outside of the prison environment are not properly addressed. receivable to these reasons, the children of incarcerated mothers face many difficulties in their early childhood while living in the prison environment. Therefore, these literatures indicate that children born behind the bars are facing many development difficulties in their early childhood.However, some prisons like in Canada and Austria provide well advance facilities for mothers and child living in the prison as compared to the other prisons in the world. Although the adequate facilities are provided, the precisely drawback is the interaction of the children to the outside society is poor. This will affect to the childrens emotional, psychological and social development.(INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK)DISCUSSION BASED ON THE DATA presentation AND FINDINGSThis warning survey was mainly focused to the mothers of children born behind the bars in Sri Lankan prisons. Due to the existing limitations for conduct this research, this survey was qualified only to Welikada prison. During the conduct of survey, it was found that only on that point were 16 children mo in that locationd to 15 incarcerated women. 1 woman had two children.The existing policy for care of mothers and children was thoroughly analysed during this survey. The pregnant mothers are provided maternity care from outside establishment hospitals same as other women and also it helps the children to avoid their birth place as prison in their birth certificate. Although the nursery facilities are not functioned as outside, it helps the children to develop their educational, language and cognitive development needs. Further, when the child comes to the age 5 years, he will be separated from the mother and handover to his relatives of kept in foster care. It seems a positive sign that child may get a opportunity to expose to the outside society.SURVIVAL AND animation SUSTAINING necessarilyThe sample survey highlights some positive signs related to the survival and life sustaining needs for the children of incarcerated mothers in Welikada prison. Though the pure water, food, air, cloths and warmth are satisfactorily addressed, there is some shortage of cloths, variety of food items and extra foods. The provision of same types of food every day will lead the children to refuse the meals. However, these concerns are minor and probably better when consider the respondents socio-economic web sites in outside the prison. Further, the children are provided with breastfeeding and being with mothers throughout the imprisonment until the childs age of 5 years. These aspects are positively driven to the childrens physical, emotional developments.LIFE EMBELLESHING NEEDSThe needs for the life embellishing development such as provision of toys, some fantasy and enterta inment activities are not addressed satisfactorily, but they get enough opportunities to play with other children in the prison premises. However, these activities are restricted to a one particular area inside the prison wall. This regulative environment hampered the childrens opportunities to explore as well as cognise a variety of stimuli. Hence, these areas do not enhance the developmental opportunities of a child through the play. This will negatively affect to the childrens physical, social and emotional development.LIFE PROTECTING NEEDSBoth the children and mothers are provided with the separate accommodation without merging with other prisoners, but it is not separated for severally mother and child, everybody is living together in a single lobby sharing two toilets amongst them. This affects to the child and mothers well-being and hygienic issues and result in environmental stressors. The toilets and the accommodation areas are not of all time kept in very clean. The us e of two toilets daily by 16 children and 15 mothers is a big issue which children face in the prison premises.Sleeping facilities for mother and child at Welikada prison is not beneficial for the development young children. It is depersonalising and depriving. It makes further worst by the situation that mothers and their children are confined to this area for longer period. The impacts of those are reflected in the mothers emotional state and then to the children.It seems that though the children and mothers are separated from other prisoners, the women prisoners have access to childrens living area. This will create number of negative operations on children such as expose to their bad behaviour and languages. It will obviously become a threat to the security of the children and particularly for their physical development. Further, there may be some psychological effect on children as creating a unusual disquietude on men due to the children are always interact only with the w omen prisoners. On the other hand, these children are at a risk of child abuse and internal harassment by the other prisoners.The health care facilities provided for the mothers and their children are not fully satisfied. The pregnant mothers have to go outside government hospitals for clinics and louse up de have it offry, but it is also not a regularly happening. Once the baby delivery is done, the provision of care of Midwives for mother and baby will not be available in the prison premises. Further, if someone becomes ill during the night, there is no any medical section to deal with that and they need to squawk for prison authority for the arrangement to take the patient to outside government hospital.Further, the immunization vaccines are given to the children of different age categories, but the findings agnise that they are not getting it at correct time. In unity with the findings of childrens low weight, shortness and deficiency of vitamins are badly affected to the c hild development. These indicators show that children face many difficulties during their early childhood development.LIFE DEVELOPING NEEDSThe children get enough leisure time and their mothers are also not engaging any activity other than their children. The available nursery helps children to enhance their educational measurer. The childrens access to freedom and idea and information is very low. They have been provided with one television in the hall, but it will not suffice to fulfil the requirement of the children. Above facts distinctly indicate that these children have lesser possibility to expose to the outside society. Hence, this will lead to the risk of negative social and academic outcomes and unusual fear to outside people once they discharge from the prison. Further, they have opportunities to participate the ghostlike activities inside the prison, but no cultural activities take place. All to a higher place factors discussed are directly affected to the social, em otional and cognitive development of a child.LIFE ENRICHING NEEDSIn this aspect, children are benefitted up to certain finale through the prison nursery education. Though they have been tried to develop in this field, children are always exposed to prisoners and their environment. Hence, it is very difficult to get rid of them from that particular society system. Ultimately, this may be resulted to the risk of schooltime failure and fall into conduct some criminals once they come out from the prisons.MOTHER-CHILD INTERACTION AND BONDMother-child interaction and bond may not be happened automatically, but it may develop gradually over the time which they live together. In the Sri Lankan prison policy, mothers are allowed to keep their children up to the age of 5 years during their incarceration. It was proved during the sampling survey that the attachment existing in the midst of mothers and children is either anxious or ambivalent. Based on the literature review and findings from all the surveys, it is concluded that the best interest for the child is not to incarcerate with his mother.RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERSIt is obvious that a child who stays with his incarcerated mother will not have opportunities to form an attachment with the rest of his family (especially with father), relatives and others in the society. In this regard it can be concluded that the child who stays with his incarcerated mother is prevented and restricted in his social development. However, it can be concluded as the prison environment is not favourable to the physical, emotional, social and psychological development of a child.