Locked in a jail cell pregnant inmates are neglected daily medical treatments and are brutally mistreated threatening the lives of both them and the baby. For some the newborns are taken away after 24 hrs losing the importance of bonding with the mother. Being pregnant in prison is a challenge on a whole different level wondering if this baby will make it out safe and where they will end up. As a women locked up they are still treated with the rules that were intentionally made up for men. Prison guards trained to not to have feelings and to keep them intact and shackled as if a pregnant women with swollen ankles would run away.
Every women knows the importance of prenatal care and post delivery. Each year the number of women pregnant or giving …show more content…
prisons are mothers, there is still no national policy that indicate what should happen to the more than almost 3,000 children that are born behind bars each year. Those who have longer sentences don’t get to keep their child afterwards, if a family member isn't willing to temporarily take the child in they are forced to hand the child over to adoptions agency. These social injustice does more damage than good to the child because as soon the women gives birth the newborn they are taken away after 24hrs. The importance of having a mother and child connection is a strong bond that the baby needs. Recently, a handful of states have begun experimenting with nursery programs and community residential parenting programs. Competition for spots is tough, and only mothers who are serving short sentences for nonviolent crimes are eligible. Studies have shown that the first two years of a baby’s life are critical for the mother/child bond and babies who are taken away from that bond are more likely to have troubled behavior later on. In addition, women who are allowed to raise their children in jail are much less likely to return to crime. One study of the Nebraska Correctional Center found that 33 percent of women who had been separated from their children ended up back in jail, versus just 9 percent of women who were allowed to raise their
Every women knows the importance of prenatal care and post delivery. Each year the number of women pregnant or giving …show more content…
prisons are mothers, there is still no national policy that indicate what should happen to the more than almost 3,000 children that are born behind bars each year. Those who have longer sentences don’t get to keep their child afterwards, if a family member isn't willing to temporarily take the child in they are forced to hand the child over to adoptions agency. These social injustice does more damage than good to the child because as soon the women gives birth the newborn they are taken away after 24hrs. The importance of having a mother and child connection is a strong bond that the baby needs. Recently, a handful of states have begun experimenting with nursery programs and community residential parenting programs. Competition for spots is tough, and only mothers who are serving short sentences for nonviolent crimes are eligible. Studies have shown that the first two years of a baby’s life are critical for the mother/child bond and babies who are taken away from that bond are more likely to have troubled behavior later on. In addition, women who are allowed to raise their children in jail are much less likely to return to crime. One study of the Nebraska Correctional Center found that 33 percent of women who had been separated from their children ended up back in jail, versus just 9 percent of women who were allowed to raise their