We viewed a documentary called Babies Behind Bars which, documented the lives of pregnant women in the Women’s Indiana Prison. In the Babies Behind Bars, we were introduced to a newly implemented program for pregnant mothers called The Wee One’s Nursery. Introduced in 2007, the state of Indiana Women’s Prison holding 670 women prisoners put a new program into effect for 10 “qualified” pregnant inmates, which allows the mother to keep her child while serving the remainder of their sentence in jail. “To qualify for the Wee Ones Nursery inmates must not have any prior convictions of violence or serious offenses, the baby must be born healthy, and the inmate must have no more than 18 years on her sentence (Bellies, 2014).” This situation can
