Pregnant and Incarcerated: What the Public Needs to Know
Each year, thousands of pregnant people in U.S. jails and prisons navigate pregnancy, labor, and postpartum recovery while incarcerated. Yet the realities of pregnancy in prison remain largely invisible to the public. Understanding what happens to people who are pregnant and incarcerated is essential to improving health outcomes, protecting human rights, and advancing reproductive justice.
ACLU asks court to enforce program for incarcerated mothers
In the Wisconsin prison system, incarcerated mothers still lack a program that would allow physical custody of their children, a year after a court ruling affirmed that a state law requires the Department of Corrections to take steps to bring together incarcerated moms and babies. The ACLU is suing to try to force the issue.