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THE GUARDIAN - Babies Behind Bars : the Honduran prison where children live with their mothers
christina simons
Feb 14, 2018
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Babies behind bars: the Honduran prison where children live with their mothers – in pictures
There is only one prison in Honduras that holds only women. The Penitenciaria Nacional Femenina de Adaptación Social, based in Tamara, 40km from the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, holds 700 female prisoners and is the only facility in the country where infants can live with their mothers. The prison is home to 49 children, and six more babies on the way
Babies behind bars: the Honduran prison where children live with their mothers - in pictures
The Penitenciaria Nacional Femenina de Adaptación Social in Tamara holds 700 women. It is the only prison in Honduras where infants can live with their mothers. There is only one prison in Honduras that holds only women. The Penitenciaria Nacional Femenina de Adaptación Social, based in Tamara, 40km from the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, holds 700 female prisoners and is the only facility in the country where infants can live with their mothers. The prison is home to 49 children, and six more babies on the way
Photographs by Christina Simons. Text by Alex Elliott
Babies behind bars: the Honduran prison where children live with their mothers â in picturesThe Penitenciaria Nacional Femenina de Adaptación Social in Tamara holds 700 women. It is the only prison in Honduras where infants can live with their mothers
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