Quote Originally Posted by asset test View Post
The lady may have requested that her child accompany her in jail. Perhaps she is breastfeeding the baby. I understand it is accepted practise to allow babies stay with mothers in prison for a while after their birth if the birth happens while the mother is in prison.
So presumably Mountjoy has the facilities for this.
It's absolute normal practice throughout the civilised world to allow a mother her infant up to about 1 year old. It is to facilitate breast-feeding and normal bonding. Hardly something to be hopping up and down about.