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To provide transformative solutions, we must first understand the problem, up close, in detail.
We know many community members have not considered what it means when someone enters prison pregnant. If a pregnant person is not released from custody before they give birth, they most often enter postpartum separated from their newborn. This prison birth experience creates a maternal and child health crisis that needs transformative solutions to address.
Even if you cannot enter a jail or prison as we do, you can use our resources to better understand the harm that prison birth creates. Begin with this 34-minute documentary, Tutwiler, that walks you through the story of a pregnant mom in prison in Alabama’s women’s prison. As you watch, ask yourself, “What if it was me?”
Hear their stories
The Prison Birth Storytelling Project shares some of the stories of our clients.
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