Sister Elaine Roulet

Background

Roulet, Sister Elaine was born in 1930.

Career

She was instrumental in the prison reform movement and established the precedent of connecting imprisoned mothers with their babies that many United States prisons now use as a model. She initiated then became the director of the Correction Center, a unique program that permitted mothers whose babies were born in prison to keep them for as long as one year. The Children"s center provides a parenting center, a children"s playroom, and a nursery and infant center to children of inmates.

When the center first opened Sister Roulet was sought out by other men"s and women"s prisons for information on how to create similar programs and soon became a national model for prisons in terms of providing support for mothers and their babies in prison.

In 1993, Sister Elaine Roulet was inducted in the

The 2011 documentary, "The Mothers of Bedford" features the work of Sister Elaine Roulet.

Achievements

• Sister Elaine Roulet has been listed as a noteworthy social services administrator by Marquis Who's Who.