We need to stop incarcerating pregnant people
How many infant deaths, stillbirths and untreated miscarriages will incarcerated people have to experience before we recognize prison is an unacceptable place for pregnant people and end the practice entirely?
Yesterday, the BBC reported a baby was born and died at Bronzefield, Europe’s largest prison for women, located in Ashford, England. Exactly a month ago we learned Diana Sanchez gave birth alone in a Denver, Colorado jail cell after labouring unattended for six hours.
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