Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kathy Briggs is assisted by case manager Kim Immel, left, and nursery program manager Kim Perkins as she puts on a front-loading ...

KSHB 41 reporter Megan Abundis covers Kansas City, Missouri, including neighborhoods in the southern part of the city. This nursery program caught her eye online, and she wanted to hear from those ...

Over half of all women in U.S. prisons are mothers, as are 80% of women in jails, including many who are incarcerated awaiting trial simply because they can’t afford bail. It is estimated that up to 2 ...

Prison nursery programs remain rare nationwide, but eight facilities in as many states have opened them amid dramatic growth in the number of incarcerated women. The bold experiment in punishment and ...

Kathy Briggs slipped her arms through the thick straps of a brand-new baby carrier, tugging it over her beige shirt as two ...

Jan. 9—VANDALIA, Mo. — Kathy Briggs slipped her arms through the thick straps of a brand-new baby carrier, tugging it over her beige shirt as two other women stood beside her, tightening buckles and ...

VANDALIA, Missouri (KSHB) -- A baby boom at the Missouri Department of Corrections' women's prison in Vandalia, Missouri, has brought new hope to incarcerated mothers, with 16 babies born in 2025 to ...

From immediate separation to 18 months of bonding: How Missouri's prison nursery is "cradling change" for incarcerated families.