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In my country they just have a secure maternity ward with access to specialist care. After birth the child is allowed to live with it's mother inside a specially equipped prison. The child is in no legal sense detained as it is free to be sent to live with anyone else should the mother choose for someone else to raise the child.

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Your country has a wiser system than mine.

In your country (which one btw?) what percentage of women are under sentence but out due to pregnancy/childbirth vs those imprisoned?

Romania. I don't have official statistics, there were some news also mentioning it. I don't think anybody is counting it to avoid public rage.

About 10 years ago I read about 2 sisters that had 33 children in total, I don't remember what was the crime, just the county they lived in. Not all the kids were to avoid jail, only a few.

I think no-one is counting it because it's such a tiny number that it's ridiculous to even care about.

Read the second paragraph you just wrote and realise how absurd it sounds. You're worried about two women?

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