UK prison where baby died gives women rape alarms to call for help during labour

A vigil outside the Ministry of Justice for Aisha Cleary, who died at HMP Bronzefield in September 2019. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Pregnant women at a prison in which a teenager gave birth alone in her cell to a baby later found dead have been given rape alarms to carry to summon urgent assistance, the Guardian has learned.

Aisha Cleary died in her mother’s cell at the privately run HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, the biggest women’s prison in Europe, in September 2019.