KBIA: Bill would create nursery for incarcerated mothers

ncarcerated pregnant women would have the chance to stay with their newborns under a bill considered by Missouri senators Wednesday.

The legislation would establish a “Correctional Center Nursery Program” in one or more of the Department of Corrections facilities that confines women.

The bill was introduced by Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer, R-Parkville. At a hearing Wednesday, Luetkemeyer told the Seniors, Families, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee that the program would be beneficial to both mother and child.

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Empower Missouri, Missouri’s chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, and the Justice Action Network all testified in support of the idea at Wednesday’s hearing.

No one spoke in opposition.

https://www.kbia.org/missouri-news/2022-02-17/bill-would-create-nursery-for-incarcerated-mothers