An NGO, Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errant (CURE-Nigeria), has bemoaned the plight of babies whose mothers are serving jail terms in various prisons across the federation. Uhaa urged the Federal Government to consider those alternatives to replace confinement of errant pregnant women and nursing mothers to the prisons. The executive director said such mothers constitute a special group to whom incarceration should only be a last resort. “Some of these children were either born in prison or accompanied their mothers to prison. “Our survey revealed that the needs of these children are ignored, as the babies lack feeding, access to immunisation, blankets as well as recreational and educational facilities.

Source: Punch January 25, 2018 09:56 UTC