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  • Health, Justice, Women: Behavioral Health and OB/GYN [Internet Broadcast]

    Data continues to show that women are entering the justice system at rates exceeding male offenders and bring with them extremely complex and multi
  • Pregnancy- and Child- Related Legal and Policy Issues Concerning Justice-Involved Women

    Do you need detailed information about how to manage inmate mothers? Then this publication is for you.
  • Through the Eyes of a Child: Life with a Mother in Prison

    This report attempts to discover how the children involved in the Volunteers of America (VOA) initiative Look Up and Hope (LUH) feel while their mo
  • Best Practices in the Use of Restraints with Pregnant Women Under Correctional Custody

    These standards were developed to "articulate a set of principles to guide agencies and jurisdictions in the development of local policy and practi
  • Enhancing Care for Childbearing Women and their Babies in Prison

    This report explains how mothers and their babies can benefit from being held in a prison-based Mother and Baby Unit (MBU).
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