Mothering behind bars: The policy on pregnant inmates and the custody of their newborn

• Main Authors: Cantimbuhan, Mariane Philine T., Cruz, Ana Janellie L., Saliva, Geraldine M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: Maternal and infant welfare—Law and legislation; Women prisoners; Children of women prisoners; Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6748
• Institution: De La Salle University

The sad reality is, not all children are born to completely capacitated mothers who are without any legal impediment or hindrances to take care of them. There are some who are born to state offenders, or whose mothers committed a wrong against the state and as a consequence of which, the mother has...