All too often, prison sentences break up families, sometimes permanently. Years-long separations can leave parents and children disconnected in ways that are hard to repair. But a rare program inside one Ohio prison is working to change that.
The ABC Nursery Program at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville allows qualifying mothers who are pregnant at the time of incarceration to keep their babies with them after birth. It’s the only program of its kind in Ohio, and one of just a handful nationwide.
For the women inside, many say the program has changed the course of their lives. Azrah Collins is one of the mothers raising her child in the nursery…