Laura is a leading expert in maternal health and criminal justice, a qualitative researcher dedicated to improving the lives of incarcerated pregnant women and mothers. She founded the Specialist Prison Midwives Action Group, strengthening practice, peer support and national advocacy for women in custody and co-founded Pregnancy in Prison Partnership International (PiPPI). She is the Principal investigator of ESRC-funded ofThe Lost Mothers Project (lostmothers.org). She has shaped policy and brought national attention in the UK to the experiences of pregnant women and new mothers in prison through creative collaborations using arts and theatre to communicate research.Scenes fromLost Mothers has been adapted into a production by Clean Break Theatre Company in collaboration with the University of Hertfordshire.
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