From The Missouri Times:
Imagine the horror of after 40 weeks of pregnancy giving birth to your child and having your baby ripped from your arms hours later. There is no breastfeeding, no bonding, and no physical contact between mother and child. Sometimes a mother will never see her child again.
Sadly, these heart-breaking scenarios occur to incarcerated women and their babies in Missouri. Newborns are routinely taken from mothers and often sent into the foster care system.
Fortunately, there is a way to intervene immediately to help prevent the trauma experienced by incarcerated mothers and babies alike when separated at birth: Missouri can build a prison nursery like nine other states — including South Dakota, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, and Nebraska — have done. Continue reading >>>
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