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Programs Help Incarcerated Moms Bond With Their Babies In Prison [NPR.org]

McKinley McPheeters · 3/14/191:36 PM

In Daidre Kimp's room, the walls are pink and white and there are family photos on a bulletin board. A stroller sits in a corner. It's early morning. Kimp grabs a diaper, a tiny shirt and pants and lifts her smiley, 8-month-old daughter, Stella, from her crib. They are getting ready for the day at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Gig Harbor, about a one hour drive from Seattle. It's their home, at least until Kimp enters a work-release program next spring. She picks up...

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Programs Help Incarcerated Moms Bond With Their Babies In Prison [NPR.org]

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