( Julie Jacobson / The Associated Press )BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y.—Jennifer Dumas sits on a sofa, her smiling 6-month-old girl on her lap. Bedford Hills has one of only eight working prison nurseries where women live with their babies, out of more than 100 women's prisons around the country. Mothers who get such a chance say it’s better than the alternative: In most prisons, babies born behind bars must be given up within a day to a relative or foster care. Jennifer Dumas holds her daughter, Codylynn, in a playroom at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in New York. I’m blessed to be able to go through this," Dumas says as she holds her daughter, Codylynn, at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in New York.

Source: thestar May 25, 2016 15:41 UTC