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The Correctional Center Nursery Program would allow women who give birth while incarcerated the chance to stay with their newborns in prison for up to 18 months. Nurseries for incarcerated mothers are shown to reduce recidivism and have long-term benefits for babies.
JEFFERSON CITY -- A proposed piece of bipartisan legislation that would establish a nursery program in Missouri correctional facilities has passed through the Senate and was heard Monday afternoon for the first time in the House at a public hearing.
A bill making its way through the Missouri legislature would allow women who give birth while incarcerated the chance to stay with their newborns in prison for up to 18 months.
Nurseries for incarcerated mothers shown to reduce recidivism and have long-term benefits for babies.
Nurseries for incarcerated mothers shown to reduce recidivism and have long-term benefits for babies.