Natalie Avlonitis

ESRC funded PhD Candidate @UniOfYork researching gender/police/drugs/abolition @VP_Centre | Research Assistant @UniofHerts Lost Mothers Project | Views my own

[Clean Break @CleanBrk]

Scenes from Lost Mothers, new play from Clean Break & @UniofHerts

Based on @Lost_Mothers research project, led by @midwifeteacher w/ Birth Companions, the play explores women's experiences of navigating pregnancy & separation from their babies in prison.

https://t.co/w8jrJlG3rZ

[Lost Mothers Project @Lost_Mothers]

We are incredibly proud and privileged to have worked with @CleanBrk and Birth Companions on this new play.

Based on our research, and with women's voices at the heart, the team at @CleanBrk have created a powerful and creative expression of pregnancy and separation in prison.

[Cranstoun @Cranstoun_org]

🚨BuddyUp Hours Expanded🚨

BuddyUp is our app designed for people who use drugs alone.

In response to feedback we are expanding hours to include the weekend in addition to existing daytime hours.

👇More info and download
https://t.co/syqLyZRiG6

[Roxy Legane @RoxyLegane]

I know we know this, but it’s still so wild how the prison population are seen as totally unworthy of protection. As there’s a drive to lock up racists quickly and in large numbers (pointless) notions of protecting the public invisibilise folk inside. The many PoC inside.

[Zee Joy @indigenousmanc]

I want people to understand that calling for mass arrests, 24 hour courts, lengthly prison sentences, and more surveillance in public places, further radicalises them?

Policing doesn’t solve this.

[Release Drugs - @releasedrugs.bsky.social @Release_drugs]

This is why we're so hesitant to provide any access to our clients, or let journalists into drug services.

Here, The Telegraph abused the trust of those working in safe spaces, photographing people using drugs against their permission, reducing them to "users".

SHAME

[Women in Prison @WIP_live]

Almost 60% of women drawn into the #CriminalJusticeSystem have experienced #DomesticAbuse, and violent, coercive and controlling relationships can be the direct drivers of offending. 🧵

[Shareefa Energy @ShareefaEnergy]

Amazing news from University Of York. Big UK win! Demanding BDS works. Well done everyone involved🇵🇸

[Naomi Oppenheim @naomioppenheim]

After 18 months working on this film, I'm so proud of this collaborative effort with bereaved families, @INQUEST_ORG @TRCdocumentary @simonisrael @DebatINQUEST @_lesliethomas & others

On a mission to screen it far & wide

We need anger in our bellies and hope in our hearts 🔥💜

[Natalie Avlonitis @NatalieMayA]

Really happy to have received the runner up poster prize for my first academic poster @NIHRARCs inequalities & prevention showcase! But even happier to be raising the profile of such important research as part of @Lost_Mothers alongside our brilliant team @midwifeteacher

[Professor Laura Abbott @midwifeteacher]

#ARCSconf24 Well done to @Lost_Mothers Research Assistant @NatalieMayA for winning the runner up poster prize @NIHRARCs inequalities & prevention research showcase! 🎉 👏@UniofHerts @ESRC @CRIPACC1 @ARC_EoE @UHertsResearch @UH_NWP @UHPress @Brthcompanions #ESRC #NewInvestigator

[Professor Laura Abbott @midwifeteacher]

So pleased to see our book, ‘pregnancy & new motherhood in prison’ finally in print! A culmination of our years of research & expertise interwoven with women’s experiences throughout. @Brthcompanions @UHertsResearch @UniofHerts @we_level_up @SentencingCCL @MidwivesRCM @RCObsGyn

[J M Moore @Moore_J_M]

Criminologists in the UK (& possibly elsewhere) teaching policing modules please consider including this article on the relevance of defunding the police to the UK in your reading lists.

Co-written with @MeganKMcElhone, @tomgk90 & @slamble1

https://t.co/mYCnTCKikU

[Lost Mothers Project @Lost_Mothers]

Privileged to attend the launch of this important and timely publication. Collaborative, interdisciplinary and driven by women’s voices. Excited to continue these urgent and necessary conversations. Well done to @Brthcompanions and all involved 👏

[Professor Laura Abbott @midwifeteacher]

So grateful to have such an amazing team of us guiding such an important project! @ESRC @Brthcompanions @PauseOrg #flourish @LucyBaldwin08 @UHertsResearch @jollo1 @carolynharris24 @CRIPACC1 @NatalieMayA #LostMothersProject

[Professor Laura Abbott @midwifeteacher]

Great 2 discuss pregnancy in prison with @EdwinaGrosvenor #JUSTICE @OSTCharity podcast ⬇️ @Brthcompanions @CRIPACC1 @LucyBaldwin08 @ShonaMinson @Rachel1Drain @BirteLam @Lost_Mothers @RCM_SMF @MidwivesRCM @we_level_up @UH_NWP @UH_HSK @uhmidwifery @P1PP12345 #nobirthsbehindbars

[Lost Mothers Project @Lost_Mothers]

Please listen to the podcast below! Our principle investigator, Dr Laura Abbott @midwifeteacher , speaks on the experiences of pregnancy and birth in prison, and how our research will contribute recommendations to better support women experiencing mandatory separations in the CJS