Missouri now 10th state to offer prison nursery program

Missouri now 10th state to offer prison nursery program

VANDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri is now the 10th state to offer a prion nursery to allow incarcerated mothers to keep their newborns behind bars after giving birth. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center in Vandalia has launched a new program and newly renovated wing that provides mothers with resources to bond with their newborns and prepare for life after incarceration. "Life skills, trauma training, treatment if she n…

Missouri will welcome newborns to state’s first prison nursery as early as next month

Modeled after nine other states with prison nurseries, bipartisan legislation spearheaded by St. Louis-based nonprofit Missouri Appleseed paved the way for the program at the Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia.