Women in prison /tags/women-in-prison Women in prison en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT Missouri prison nursery opens to bipartisan fanfare with goal of keeping mothers with babies /law-order/2025-02-04/missouri-prison-nursery-keeping-mothers-babies ‘This program is going to give women the building blocks to live a better life, and then that is going to overflow into their children, and then their children’s children,’ said one caregiver in the prison nursery. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /law-order/2025-02-04/missouri-prison-nursery-keeping-mothers-babies Anna Spoerre After 15 years in prison, a St. Louis woman now fights for the formerly incarcerated /law-order/2024-02-14/after-15-years-in-prison-a-st-louis-woman-now-fights-for-the-formerly-incarcerated Barbara Baker spent 15 years in prison — but found a way to change her life. Now, she fights to make it easier for other women to do the same. Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-02-14/after-15-years-in-prison-a-st-louis-woman-now-fights-for-the-formerly-incarcerated Kathleen Lees Missouri's first prison nursery would keep moms and babies together /government-politics-issues/2022-04-08/missouris-first-prison-nursery-would-keep-moms-and-babies-together A bill making its way through the Missouri legislature would allow women who give birth while incarcerated the chance to stay with their newborns in prison for up to 18 months. Fri, 08 Apr 2022 10:16:38 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-04-08/missouris-first-prison-nursery-would-keep-moms-and-babies-together Jana Rose Schleis The Alton woman who killed her two babies in the 80s has been granted parole /law-order/2021-10-28/the-alton-woman-who-killed-her-babies-has-been-granted-parole The Illinois Prisoner Review Board granted parole to Paula Sims after three hours of testimony and discussion. Sims was convicted of first-degree murder in 1990. Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:58:51 GMT /law-order/2021-10-28/the-alton-woman-who-killed-her-babies-has-been-granted-parole Teri Maddox Convicted woman receives parole in Missouri but still serving a life sentence in Iowa /government-politics-issues/2018-08-29/convicted-woman-receives-parole-in-missouri-but-still-serving-a-life-sentence-in-iowa After nearly eight years, members of the Women Initiate Legal Lifelines to Other Women — or the WILLOW Project — have made a significant gain in the case… Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:19:08 GMT /government-politics-issues/2018-08-29/convicted-woman-receives-parole-in-missouri-but-still-serving-a-life-sentence-in-iowa Marissanne Lewis-Thompson