“We All Have Power”: Using Photovoice to Document Challenges and Strengths of Lakota Women With Histories of Incarceration
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Results from a photovoice study with 13 Lakota women found that there were numerous barriers (e.g., finding stable housing, finding a job) to reintegration following incarceration and that trauma, grief, and loss were identified as prominent challenges throughout attempts at reintegration. Despite tremendous aversities, Lakota women identified their ability to connect with people, nature, and culture as key sources of their strength and resilience. This research highlights the urgent need for comprehensive, culturally grounded, strengths-focused initiatives as well as structural policy change that will support Lakota and other Indigenous women’s reintegration into their communities.
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- Authors
- Edwards, K. M., Camp, E. E., Luethke, T. N., Herrington, R., Roach, L., Bertsche, M., Trujillo, P., Carter-Bolick, I. R., Mullet, N., & Than, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- University of Nebraska at Kearney (US)
- North Dakota State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Edwards, Katie M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Feminist Criminology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2023-12-13
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 191-219
- ISSN
- 1557-0851 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-086X
- OpenAlex
- W4389658759
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1
- FWCI
- 1.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Feminist Criminology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Nebraska Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Development Funds
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Keywords
- Lakota women, incarceration, reintegration, indigenous women, trauma, grief and loss, resilience, strengths-based approach, culturally grounded interventions, housing instability, barriers to employment
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