KSHB 41 reporter Megan Abundis covers Kansas City, Missouri, including neighborhoods in the southern part of the city. This nursery program caught her eye online, and she wanted to hear from those connected to the program. Share your story idea with Megan.
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A baby boom at the Missouri Department of Corrections’ women’s prison in Vandalia, Missouri, has brought new hope to incarcerated mothers, with 16 babies born in 2025 to women who are now bonding with their children through the state’s new prison nursery program.
Missouri’s groundbreaking prison nursery keeps 16 mothers, babies together in first year
The nursery opened in February 2025, marking the completion of a program mandated by Missouri legislators in 2022…