The Princess, 43, attended a Mother and Baby Unit run by Action for Children in HMP Styal in Cheshire as part of her early years crusade.
The Princess of Wales, 43, visited the Mother and Baby Unit in Cheshire. READ MORE:The Princess of Wales braved the rain and took shelter under an umbrella as she visited a mother and baby unit at a prison in Cheshire.
There was a loud wolf-whistle and cat-calls, but also some shouts of: 'We need more funding. Tell them the truth!' The Princess of Wales is snapped smiling as she holds up a teddy up in front of a child at the event today 'So to have that opportunity to step outside of the regime, if only for a few hours, was so important. You could just be a mum. Share ideas about how to be a better parent. I wish I could have done more.'
'Actually there are a lot of pressures and whether you are fantastic and in employment or whether you offend, everyone needs networks of support. 'Exactly,' the other woman said. 'We had tiny talk sessions in the nursery. The children were taught to communicate, to use sign language. Things that would have been too expensive on the outside. We both worked and we wouldn't have access to that at home.'The woman continued said: 'Obviously we are taking all the positives here but yes we wouldn't have had that time if not. The others classes, the nurture courses…amazing.
One said; 'Having a child born in prison, the relationships you forge are so different. When you get back home with your family and it's a different kind of support. When my daughter was weaning I suddenly looked for Wendy and thought 'what am I doing now?' You have your home, your phone, your family and friends.
'What more do you think can be done to support women back in the community given the experience you have been through in prison?' Kate asked. 'Yes there is huge stigma and to be honest I would have thought the same. There is a huge stigma that needs challenging. Until it happened to me the thought of giving birth in prison would be mortifying,' one woman said.
The units employ practitioners who provide specialist support and care for the mothers, who are housed in a separate part of the prison. In 2020 a prisoner gave birth to a stillborn baby in the toilet of a cell, with The Prisons and Probations Ombudsman later finding there were 'missed opportunities' to identify her urgent clinical needs.
The Princess also met with staff and former residents to hear about the support which has previously been provided; including nursery care, targeted interventions and parenting support.
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