TEN JAILS AND FIVE STATE PRISONS IN THE U-S CURRENTLY ALLOW BREASTFEEDING FOR INMATES WHO ARE LACTATING … AND THE BERNALILLO COUNTY MDC IS NOW AMONG THEM. THE NEW POLICY ALLOWS INMATES TO USE A BREAST PUMP OR BREASTFEED THEIR CHILD WHETHER THEY’RE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION OR IN SEGREGATION.
THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THEJAIL HAS EXPERIMENTED WITH INMATES BEING ALLOWED TO USE A BREAST PUMP, THEN TO STORE THEIR MILK OR ACTUALLY NURSE THEIR CHILD. THE MDC IS GETTING KUDOS FROM THE NEW MEXICO BREASTFEEDING TASK FORCE FOR THE MOVE.
