The Sins of the Mother

Catching signs of a national trend, The Associated Press' Tom Breen highlights a Senate-passed measure that would allow infant children to live with their inmate mothers.

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Bill supporters told Breen that with women heading to prison at record rates, giving a mother a chance to bond with her child could help them both.

Breen also looks at the five states that already offer prison nurseries -- New York, Ohio, Nebraska, California and Washington -- and finds that each boasts of reduced recidivist rates.