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Is it okay to have a baby raised behing prison walls?

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A program for mothers sentenced to prison in California allows non-violent offenders to have one or two kids -- under age six – to live with them in the facility.







Supporters say it's better than placing the children in foster care, but critics say that prison is no place for kids. Tracy Smith reports.







In a sunny suburb of Los Angeles, children know all about having fun on the playground. What they may not know is that their mothers can't leave. It's the new reality in the California correctional system: prison for women with children.







Inmate Gina West is serving time for drug and forgery convictions. She was pregnant when she was transferred from a regular women's prison. Her daughter Hailey has never known any other home


 


 


 


You can read the full story at this site: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/22/earlyshow/contributors/tracysmith/main589830.shtml


 


 




What are your thoughts on raising a child in prison?
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This is a really hard call.  It is absolutely true that mothers need to bond with children...and it does severe damage to a developing child to not be given the opportunity to do so.  However, having such an understimulating, underenriched environment like a prison that is not designed to accomodate developing children is also depriving.  I wish there were special facilities for this population of women.  It could be a very nurturing environement to have a community of children and inmates together.

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