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From:
adamnamy
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:42
PM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] prison
birthing
Thank you everyone
for your replies-it seems there is quite a difference from prison to pri
guys. Are you getting some guidance about
how to get it up and running from the UK birth companions?
Amy
From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Anne Clarke
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006
1:34 PM
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery
Dear Amy,
I looked after a woman that was a prisoner
postnatally and she was dropped off in labour by prison officers (obviously low
risk,) as they did not stay but visited her everyday, however, the mother
signed herself out to go back to prison as she gave birth in the middle of
January
: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:21
PM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] prison
birthing
Hi
Amy,
The
women who birth at our hospital from the local minimum security prison are not
guarded. They are visited once a day, and have to sign a form. Some of them
love being in hospital
I spent two months in prison here in B.C., Canada where midwifery is
very suppressed. What an education. I spent my first week in maximum
security "C Unit" and I'm sure the "C" stood for crazy. What a group of
women. One of the women on our unit was pregnant and it was quite
bizarre because
Hi
Amy,
The
women who birth at our hospital from the local minimum security prison are not
guarded. They are visited once a day, and have to sign a form. Some of them love
being in hospital, because it is a more normal environment for their children to
visit. Some will try to stay longer fo
women who have come into my work have a guard
standing outside the room and the woman chained to the bed. (I work in a large
tertiary instiutuion).if they are in labour then the guard does not stay in the
room otherwise it is the guards job to stay in the room with these women at all
times.
We used to have the women from Mulawa gaol in Sydney come to us. I never
work in the clinics so I am not sure about their antenatal care but they
always came to us when in labour- or of antenatal problems. Depending on
their offence ( which, naturally, was not divulged to us), they had one or
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