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No More 'Hard Time' for Cape Town Prison Babies

Published October 16, 2012

With one of the world's highest crime rates, South Africa often jails women prisoners who are pregnant. Their babies grow up behind bars, a traumatic experience for innocent children. As Emilie IOB reports for VOA News from Cape Town, there is now a new prison unit that's designed to allow the babies a more normal environment.


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