By: Alyssa Wilson In Minnesota, a new law called the Healthy Start Act allows pregnant women incarcerated in the state's prisons to serve time with their newborns.  According to NBC News, there is no standard policy for what happens when a woman gives birth while incarcerated. A woman would typically give birth at a hospital and then have to return to prison days later while their child is sent to live with a relative. Now, the new Minnesota law is combatting the negative impacts that separation has on the children and their mothers.   RELATED: Georgetown Offering Degree Program to Individuals Incarcerated in Maryland  The Healthy Start Act allows […]

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