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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Bancroft

The reality of being pregnant in prison: ‘I pressed the call bell five times but was ignored’

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When Anna* went into labour at around 5am in her prison cell, she pressed the call bell five times but was ignored, she said.

“I wasn’t actually unlocked until they unlocked the rest of the landing for the morning movement to start,” she told The Independent.

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