Jailed mothers: further explorations in public sector nursing

1. The burgeoning population of women, particularly pregnant women, being incarcerated increases the need for psychosocial and maternal-child nurses employed in prisons. 2. The potential paradox of incarcerated women receiving better care in prisons than when free suggests the need for public sector psychosocial nurses to address issues of social justice. 3. The great majority of informants enthusiastically responded to the idea of a mother-infant corrections residential program. They suggested that more attention be given to prenatal care and preparation for labor and delivery than pregnant women historically received in prisons.