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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tony Jones

Kate hears praise for prison nursery from former inmates

The Princess of Wales, patron of Action for Children, during a visit to a mother and baby unit inside HMP Styal in Wilmslow, Cheshire (Phil Noble/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Princess of Wales has sympathised with former prison mothers who suggested their parental support behind bars was better than services in the outside world.

Kate travelled to HMP Styal, a women’s prison in Cheshire, to meet ex-offenders and those still serving who have received support from a mother and baby unit run by the charity Action for Children, which the princess represents as royal patron.

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