2024 Impact Report: WPA’s Mission and Accomplishments

By Women's Prison Association | October 29, 2024

Dear Reader,   I am pleased to share the 2024 Impact Report for The Women’s Prison Association, highlighting our mission, our programs, and our successes.  This was a year of positive change for WPA: we saw major headway in the completion of The Rise, our permanent residential facility for formerly incarcerated individuals in Brownsville, Brooklyn; we…

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Mothers, Infants, and Imprisonment: A National Look at Prison Nurseries and Community-Based Alternatives

By Women's Prison Association | October 21, 2024

Published in May of 2009 by Women’s Prison Association & Home In this report, WPA highlights two different responses to women who give birth while under criminal justice supervision: prison nurseries and community-based residential parenting programs. We provide an overview of both types of programs, review the literature on the subject, and offer recommendations for…

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