The Guardian view on prisons and mothers: an injustice | Editorial

The shameful treatment of pregnant inmates and of the children of jailed women must be addressed. No babies should be born behind barsShock and outrage was the widespread reaction to the death of a newborn baby girl at Bronzefield prison in Surrey in September, after her mother (neither have been named) gave birth alone in her cell at night. How could a such a thing have happened in the UK in 2019? Eleven inquiries were launched. A justice minister, Lord Keen, declared the incident “distre