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| Cribs and cells: Bringing up baby while doing time |
| By http://www.gosanangelo.com |
| Published: 05/10/2015 |
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DECATUR, Ill. — Decatur Correctional Center’s E-wing is a place of stark juxtapositions, where the crackle of guards’ radios mix with the happy cries of a toddler learning to take his first steps. Colorful murals of Bert and Ernie from “Sesame Street” decorate the otherwise drab walls. And outside, swing sets and a plastic playhouse nestle into a corner of the prison yard, which is surrounded by a tall chain-link fence and razor wire. For the past eight years, nonviolent offenders who give birth while in custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections have been able to keep their newborns with them as they serve time in the state’s only prison nursery. Read More. |
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