PRISON NURSERIES - It is estimated that up to 2,000 infants are born to incarcerated mothers each year, only to be taken from them 24 hours after birth. Right now, there's a push to put nurseries in prisons. Nine states have done so.
Over half of all women in U.S. prisons are mothers, as are 80% of women in jails, including many who are incarcerated awaiting trial simply because they can’t afford bail.
“At the end of the five days, he went out one door with my family and I went out another door with three guards to go back to prison,” Barbara Baker said.“You know, even talking and thinking about it brings tears to my eyes, to see it, too emotional for me to think about that day and time,” she described.
Burke is referring to prison nurseries like the Decatur Correctional Center in Illinois. Eight other states have prison nurseries; the first opened its door in New York at Bedford Hills in 1901. Just last month, the state of Missouri approved a nursery to be opened at the Chillicothe Correctional Center.
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