Breastfeeding in jail

I took a breastfeeding support call a few years ago from a woman who was spending a week in a county jail but wasn't being allowed to use her breast pump. When looking at it from the perspective of breastfeeding as an intervention in a new mother's life, this was heart-breaking.

This week's featured article on API's blog highlights the changing policies at a county jail in Texas, USA, to allow incarcerated mothers to breastfeed their babies.