The Guyana Association of Women Judges (GAWJ) has announced that it will embark on a joint project with non-governmental organisations to conduct a practical survey of women with babies in prison in Guyana.
This was revealed in a press release issued in honour of International Day of Women Judges, which was observed yesterday, March 10, under the theme “Empathy and Action Towards Women and Girls in Carceral Settings”.
According to the release, the discussion will be centred on the question, “What happens when the prisoner is also a mother?” The GAWJ elaborated that this question was intended to be addressed in the context of pregnant women who give birth to babies while in prison.