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<p>The information is not centrally held and could obtained only at disproportionate
cost. However, all pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management
plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife
at least fortnightly or as required. Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained
medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available
to all prison officers.</p><p> </p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to
give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those
unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p><p> </p><p>Our
new Female Offenders Strategy made clear that we want fewer women serving short sentences
in custody and more remaining in the community, making use of women’s centres to address
needs such as substance misuse and mental health problems.</p>
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