3 babies born to jailed mothers last year

The Irish Prison Service has confirmed that three babies were born in Irish prisons last year to mothers who had been jailed.

3 babies born to jailed mothers last year

In response to a Freedom of Information request, the Irish Prison Service (IPS) has confirmed that three babies were born to mothers imprisoned at the Dóchas centre in the Mountjoy campus.

Like a plot line right out of the hit Netflix prison drama Orange is the New Black, the three babies born to mothers serving sentences this contrasts with no babies born in 2012.

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