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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Hannah Summers and Nic Murray

Revealed: one in three jailed pregnant women in England and Wales still to face trial

Mothers and their small children sitting on the floor with campaign banners behind them and the name Aisha spelled out in flowers in front of them
A vigil in September for baby Aisha Cleary, who died in 2019 in HMP Bronzefield, Surrey, when her 18-year-old mother, Rianna, gave birth to her alone in her cell. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Observer

One in three pregnant women in prison are being held on remand awaiting trial, new data obtained by the Observer can reveal.

Figures collected through a freedom of information request show that between April 2022 and March 2023, 34% of pregnant women in prisons in England and Wales for whom data was available were being detained before their trial.

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