Ms Sally (not her real name) was halfway through serving a drug rehabilitation sentence, when her fellow inmates started telling her she looked different. She was losing weight even though she was eating, and her tummy felt a bit bigger. Ms Sally, then 28 years old,...
As there was still a chance she could give birth before her release, she was told to think about the care options for her baby.
Of these cases, three babies were raised in a prison cell with their mothers after birth. All three mothers were foreigners who did not have alternative childcare arrangements, SPS said. If there are no suitable kin caregivers, SPS will work with the Ministry of Social and Family Development to provide foster care for the baby.If the inmate is a foreigner and has no alternative caregiving option, SPS may consider it to be in the best interests of the child to remain with the mother in prison.
Pregnant inmates are jointly cared for by the prison medical officer and a doctor from KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital . These inmates are provided a mattress to sleep on in their cells, instead of the straw mats that other inmates use.
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