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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Shackled, alone and scared: the grim reality for women forced to give birth in prison

Pregnant women in prisons frequently face inadequate medical care, deplorable conditions, and preventable harm including miscarriage, solitary childbirth, and infant death.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Christmas in a Women's Prison: Awakening Unmet Needs

Women in prison experience high rates of childhood trauma, domestic violence-related acquired brain injury, and increased stress during holidays, with institutions sometimes offering relative safety.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Women's prisons report finds 97 deaths in decade as self-harm hits record high

Over the past decade 97 women have died in prisons in England and Wales, as incidents of self-harm among female prisoners reach the highest level on record, a new report has found. Inquest, the charity that produced the report, collated Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures since 2015 to arrive at a total number of deaths. It said the numbers were evidence for its case that all women's prisons should be closed.
UK politics
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