The Missouri Department of Corrections has opened a baby nursery in one of its women’s prisons. Alisa Nelson visits with Kim Perkins, the nursery program manager for the department, who says the goal is to change lives and communities through this...
Newborn children could be raised for up to 18 months within Missouri’s prison system for women. The Missouri House of Representatives has given preliminary approval to a bill that would create a prison nursery program. Representatives Bruce DeGroot, R-Chesterfield,...