Female prisoners in England left to give birth alone in their cells

[hackmum]

www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/13/female-prisoners-in-england-left-to-give-birth-alone-in-their-cells-report-reveals

I feel increasingly despondent about the way inmates are treated in women's prisons. Not only is it now apparently acceptable to shove a male rapist in with a bunch of vulnerable women, there is a lack of basic care for pregnant women. In my view, pregnant women shouldn't be in prison in the first place, unless they've done something very seriously wrong, which the vast majority haven't.

This particular report highlights the fact that some female prisoners have been left to give birth alone in their cells. It's a depressing read.

Badger - I have done this before and it's very rewarding. The people working in prison reform are, I have found consistently, a wonderful bunch. Go for it, say I. You won't regret it.

ON woman’s hour now.

This is a sad first-hand account:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/16/baby-prison-jails-mothers-pregnant-women

Female offenders are let down consistently, harsher sentences, not considered, past debated. We KNOW female offenders present complex issues, but to leave a poor woman to birth alone or miscarry alone is barbaric.