No more babies allowed in BC jails

It’s so sad. Corrections BC announced last week that the 4- year-old program that allowed women inmates to have their newborns with them while they did their time was being cancelled. Although federal institutions allow mothers to keep their babies in jail with them, British California was the only province that had a similar program. The reason given for the cancellation was one of safety; corrections staff are simply not trained to deal with newborns and infants, which of course posed a danger to the babies. While this fact wasn’t disputed by those in favour of the program, there was the usual amount of whining about the government’s decision to end allowing mothers to have their babies in jail with them.

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Those in favour of the idea point out that having babies around make the jails a gentler and kinder place. There is less swearing, fighting and other bad behaviour when the joint is populated not only by female prisoners but by their offspring as well. Also not unexpectedly, are comments from former and present inmates that if they are allowed to have their babies with them, they will be less likely to return to a life of crime. In other words, give me my baby or I’ll sell drugs again!!!           What is missing from the arguments made about keeping the program are the babies themselves. Although these babies are even viewed by pro-abortionists as human beings, they are viewed in this entire experiment as inanimate objects. It’s all about the women; what’s best for THEM, how having their babies in jail helps THEM. The bring-your-kid-to-jail advocates show virtually no concern about how being raised in a penal institution may affect the babies involved.          

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