A convict mother with her baby in prison

A convict mother attending to her child in Holloway prison. Holloway was a women only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months when their mothers were jailed, were cared for inside. The babies slept in cots within their mother's cell, with nurses overseeing the babies welfare. At nine months of age the baby had to leave the prison

Attending Cared Convict Cots Holloway Jailed Overseeing Slept

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