Discuss the advantages of allowing inmates with infants/young children to keep their children with them for the length of their incarceration. Do you agree with this? Support your response
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but should discuss the impact of forced separation on the mother and child, the family-oriented nature of female inmates as compared to males, the significant of children in the lives of female inmates, and the importance of contact with children to inmate mothers. Answers may also discuss some prison programs that allow young inmates to remain with their mothers, such as Washington State's nursery program at Gig Harbor and the Community Prisoner Mother Program in California. Answers should also discuss the student's views on this issue.
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