Do you think Prison Nursery Should Be Banned..?

[.Joshua.]

Do you think Prison Nursery should be banned?

10 Prisons in the USA have in Prisons Nursery's where Prisoners can raise their newborn babies until the end of their sentence. What do you think of them?

On One Hand

• The baby behind bars when they haven't even been given the chance to do anything wrong
• They are surrounded by people who broke the law
• The mother can't take the child out for new things as she pleases, all things are second hand

On The Other Hand

• It is good for a baby to be brought up by their birth mother
• The nursery is actually better than the prison itself
• They have halloween and christmas
• The parents are only allowed in if they didn't commit a violent crime

What do you think?

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[Empired]

Why should a mother be given another chance? I find it totally selfish to know the consequences of getting caught but commit the crime anyway when you have a child. And anyway, if she's as messed up as to get herself thrown in prison, what would she teach the baby? How to pick locks? How to smuggle drugs? To commit fraud the easy way? If she is weak enough to commit a crime large enough to be put in jail, she doesn't deserve to have something as precious as her child in her life.

[Becca]

Why should a mother be given another chance? I find it totally selfish to know the consequences of getting caught but commit the crime anyway when you have a child. And anyway, if she's as messed up as to get herself thrown in prison, what would she teach the baby? How to pick locks? How to smuggle drugs? To commit fraud the easy way? If she is weak enough to commit a crime large enough to be put in jail, she doesn't deserve to have something as precious as her child in her life.

Are you being serious? Maybe that person was pregnant before she even committed a crime? Maybe this woman was committed and ready to have a child then something happened? It's selfish for you to say that nevermind calling them selfish for bringing a baby into the world. So what if it's being brought up in a Prison Nursery, least it's still being looked after and fed unlike some babies that aren't even in jail so yeah, shut up xox

[.Joshua.]

I don't think they should be banned, they deserve to grow up, knowing they had a mother which cared and loved them. Children who go to orphanages often feel that they have been abandoned by the parents and that they aren't loved - which is a lie, they are loved.

It is unfair that they are locked, in certain ways its like an orphanage, but their with their parents and that's the main thing.

[Empired]

Are you being serious? Maybe that person was pregnant before she even committed a crime? Maybe this woman was committed and ready to have a child then something happened? It's selfish for you to say that nevermind calling them selfish for bringing a baby into the world. So what if it's being brought up in a Prison Nursery, least it's still being looked after and fed unlike some babies that aren't even in jail so yeah, shut up xox

I'm saying she's selfish for choosing to commit a crime when she knows she's got a baby who is relying on her 24/7. And children get put up for adoption and have a much better life sometimes. It happens.

[.Joshua.]

I'm saying she's selfish for choosing to commit a crime when she knows she's got a baby who is relying on her 24/7. And children get put up for adoption and have a much better life sometimes. It happens.

Exactly, but it's okay for them to raise them in jail because they need to bond with the baby for it to develop properly. It can't grow up not knowing who the mother is, that's wrong.
Prison Nurseries should be encouraged more.. Not for life sentences though.

[Becca]

I'm saying she's selfish for choosing to commit a crime when she knows she's got a baby who is relying on her 24/7. And children get put up for adoption and have a much better life sometimes. It happens.

Yeah but there's still children out there who are being abused and not fed etc what people don't know about, yet you're saying it's bad to have a Prison Nursery when they're still being looked after? Makes sense..

[.Joshua.]

Yeah but there's still children out there who are being abused and not fed etc what people don't know about, yet you're saying it's bad to have a Prison Nursery when they're still being looked after? Makes sense..

Not really..

[Becca]

Not really..

Yes.. really. Social Services and the police can't reach everyone in the world who are abusing their children can they?

[Empired]

Exactly, but it's okay for them to raise them in jail because they need to bond with the baby for it to develop properly. It can't grow up not knowing who the mother is, that's wrong.
Prison Nurseries should be encouraged more.. Not for life sentences though.

I grew up without knowing my mother and I turned out just fine. It doesn't matter who brings you up, it's how they bring you up. Most women can give birth, but it takes something much more to actually become a mother. To me, a mother is the woman who looks after a child and puts a plaster on its knee when they get a cut, or sings them back to sleep after a nightmare. A mother is someone who cares, yes?