A prison nursery program in Missouri that has drawn support from local Catholic leaders is offering mothers a supportive “family-oriented” place to bond with their newborn babies while still ...

* A parent with a current mental health crisis. * Family violence. * Chemical dependency. * Child behavior problems. * Housing difficulties. * Medical need of a family member. * Parent's inability to ...

Mother-baby bonding is crucial to a child’s development and leads to decreased recidivism rates, according to research. But prison nurseries aren't the ideal place to grow up. In Nebraska, the ...

During the past couple of months, I had the opportunity to take a nursery school class at Pennsbury High School. I signed up for the class long before the pandemic and expected it to be fully in ...

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 ...

Tara Carroll gave birth to her daughter in 2022 while serving a 22-year sentence in the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center. Shortly after she finished laboring in the hospital ...

Some children attending school for the first time lack even the most basic skills, one Indianapolis charter school operator says. Some can't count beyond 10. Others don't know the letters of the ...

Incarcerated pregnant women would have the chance to stay with their newborns under a bill considered by Missouri senators Wednesday. The legislation would establish a “Correctional Center Nursery ...