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Catholic University of Rome

First screening in Italy on children's health in prison

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 23rd, 2009

They do not go to parks over the weekend or to the beach in summer. They do not receive gifts under the Christmas tree. They only see the sun behind the bars. Until before 2006 (the year the parliament granted a major pardon which decreased the number of prisoners), children up to three years of age living with their mothers in prison were around one hundred. Italian law states that, in order to avoid the trauma of mother-child separation, mothers sentenced to prison or awaiting trial can bring with them their children in specific nest areas of the jail.

Of course little ones living in such an inconvenient situation still face many problems. For the first time in Italy,...

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