A band of mothers and campaigners today mounted a protest outside Styal prison in Cheshire to mark the second anniversary of an inmate delivering a stillborn infant her cell block toilet - and demand an end to the jailing of pregnant women.
A watchdog has found a prison nurse incorrectly concluded Louise Powell, who didn't know she was pregnant, was merely suffering severe period pain. Louise, 30, delivered the baby in the toilet but she was stillborn on June 18, 2020.
Today a band of protestors dubbed 'No Births Behind Bars' campaigning for an end to the imprisonment of pregnant women mounted a protest outside the gate of HMP Styal. Louise had been serving an eight-month sentence for common assault, criminal damage and using threatening words or behaviour when she delivered the stillborn infant, who she named Brooke Leigh Powell.
