Prison Social Bond

her it could create serious problems for the child. Many children who have mothers in prison are shuffled from one foster home to another. Because of this the child is not able to have the secure attachment that they need from an early age. As they grow older without these attachments it becomes harder to build these bonds with others. When a child does not have these bonds in their life to hold they are more likely to fall in with friends who have week social bonds. They are more likely to commit the same acts that their friends and parents commit because this is the common bond that can easily be found between them. If they do not have the positive social bonds from a young age they are more likely to seek out the negative bonds that will help them to feel as if they belong. Allowing the mother to raise her infant in the prison system also helps the mother to build those strong social bonds to become a productive member of society upon her release. The mother may not have had many positive social bonds in her life prior to her incarceration. The prison nursery programs provide the mother with training and therapy on how to build these bonds with their child and teaches her

These mothers in the program build positive relationships with each other because they are going through the same situation. They can provide support to each other through all the emotions that come with pregnancy and raising children. The mothers in the nursery program also must be on perfect behavior to continue to be a part of the program. Therefore, they learn to have respect and appropriate relationships with the staff that is working with them. They must follow the rules of the prison nursery society that they are living in or risk not being able to raise their child. This helps them with following the rules of society and fit in better when they are released from the