Incarcerated Women Allowed To Keep Newborns In Illinois Pilot Program

DECATUR, IL - FEBRUARY 18: Eight-month-old Skyler drinks a bottle in his crib in the room he shares with his mother Katrisa Parks at the Decatur Correctional Center February 18, 2011 in Decatur, Illinois. Skyler, who was born while Parks was serving a ten-year sentence for burglary, lives with his mother at the prison, part of the Moms with Babies program at the minimum security facility. The program allows incarcerated women to keep their newborn babies with them for up to two years while serving their sentence. The program boasts a zero percent recidivism rate compared to the statewide rate of 51.3 percent. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)