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<p>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>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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