Graduation Year
2024
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Biology
Second Department
Politics and International Relations
Reader 1
Elise Ferree
Reader 2
Mar Golub
Rights Information
© 2024 Blessing Nkechi-Etse Roland-Magaji
Abstract
The effects of incarceration on BIPOC communities have been a salience for many years. Political theory has pointed to multiple explanations for why the carceral system exists and expands, and biology studies have evaluated some of the effects on fertility rates. However, most studies that have evaluated the effect of hyperincarceration on fertility have not considered the duration of sentence and timing of incarceration as key determinants of the shifts in fertility. Drawing from the fields of political theory, biodemography, and human biology, I propose that there needs to be a study evaluating the effect of long-term sentences on the reproductive capacities and fertility rates of incarcerated populations and their corresponding demographics. The study’s purpose is to analyze whether prisons are eugenic institutions through their removal of Black, Latinx, and Native populations from their communities for extended periods.
Recommended Citation
Roland Magaji, Blessing, "‘The New Eugenics in a Nation of Inmates’: An Analysis on how long-term incarceration affects the reproductive capacity and fertility rates of hyper-incarcerated populations." (2024). Scripps Senior Theses. 2274.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2274
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
