Two questions- on the second question, there are some data that…

QuestionAnswered step-by-stepTwo questions- on the second question, there are some data that…Two questions- on the second question, there are some data that needs to be reviewed before answering.  1. Massachusetts currently does not have prison nursery programs. If you were tasked with creating a law regarding prison nurseries in Massachusetts, what would it look like? Would you outlaw them or allow them? If you would outlaw them, explain your reasoning. If you allowed them, which country’s policies would you choose as model legislation for Massachusetts? Explain your answer. 2. View the Babies & Children in Prison – Age Limits & Policies Around the World article. Which, if any, of these country’s policies surprised you and why? The information below is for question second.  Quaker United Nations Office                                                                                                                            BABIES AND CHILDREN LIVING IN PRISON: AGE LIMITS AND POLICIES AROUND THE WORLD  The Quaker United Nations Office (Geneva) represents the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) which is an NGO in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC.  It has worked on issues related to children of prisoners since 2005, as part of its wider work on women in prison and children of prisoners.  Details of our work and our other publications can be found at www.quno.org.  This submission is a simple table detailing, to the best of our knowledge, the policies in different States regarding children living in prison with an imprisoned parent.  It covers only those States for which we have information, and focuses on the policies of States, not how they are put into practice.  It does not go into the detail of the conditions in which children live in prison, though an accompanying submission (Babies and children living in prison: Policy and practice in UN Member States) covers this.    Unless otherwise stated, States only allow children to live in prison with a mother.  The information given here was gathered over several years from various sources, some of which may be more reliable than others and which may not reflect current policy or practice.  We welcome any additions, corrections or amendments about the States detailed below, as well as information from or about the policy and practice in other States. QUNO can be contacted using the details above.   State  Limit for children living in prison  Additional information  Date information collected  Source Afghanistan   5 years    2010   BBC Newsnight Argentina   4 years    2010   Personal communication with Argentinian NGO Australia   1-6 years, depending on state  In all states chief executive has considerable discretion to act in child’s best interests  2000   APCCA Austria   2 years, extendible to 3 years  Extendible by prison director if remaining sentence is less than a year  2011   Response to 2011 survey Bangladesh   4 years, extendible to 6 years  Extendible with permission of superintendent  2003   OMCT  Belgium   2 years    2000   Eurochips website Brazil   6 months to 7 years, depending on state    2010   Personal communication, Brazilian prison official Brunei  (Daressalem)   3 years    2000  CRC/C/61/Add.5, para. 132 Bulgaria   1 year, extendible to 3 years  Extendible if no suitable outside carers  Undated   PRI Women in Prison handbook Burkina Faso  2 years  Pregnant women may not be executed  2006   ACRWC Burundi   2 years    Undated   QUNO folder Colombia   3 years    2011   Response to 2011 survey Cambodia   6 years    2011  LICADHO Canada   4 years full-time, 6 years part-time (federal system)  Part-time living in prison is during holidays and weekends  2011   Response to 2011 survey Chile   2 years    2008   Children Imprisoned by Circumstance China   Not     2010 (2000  Personal     permitted (3 years in Hong Kong)    for Hong Kong)  communication, Chinese justice official (for mainland); APCCA (for Hong Kong) Croatia   3 years    2010  Eurochips email Cuba   1 year (possibly more)  Mothers can breastfeed until 1 year  2010   UPR  Democratic Republic of the Congo  1 year    1994   Prison Conditions in Zaire Denmark   3 years  Children may stay with fathers as well as mothers  2007   QCEA  Ecuador   3 years    2011   Response to 2011 survey Egypt   2 years    2008   Children Imprisoned by Circumstance Eritrea   No upper limit    Undated  Faniel Soloman LLB essay Estonia   4 years, extendible to 5 years    2011   Response to 2011 survey Fiji   6 years    2011   Email from Penal Reform International Finland   2 years, extendible to 3 years  Extendible to 3 years if child’s best interests ‘indispensably require it’; children may stay with fathers as well as mothers  2011   Response to 2011 survey France   18 months, extendible to 2 years    2006   Children of Imprisoned Parents Germany   Below school age  Usually leave by 3 years  2011   Response to 2011 survey Ghana   2 years or when weaned  Medical officer determines if child weaned  2011   Response to 2011 survey Greece   2 years    Undated   Eurochips website Hungary   1 year    2011   Response to 2011 survey Iceland   18    2011   Response to 2011    months the norm      survey  India   6 years    2008   Children Imprisoned by Circumstance Indonesia   2 years    2000  APCCA  Ireland  (Republic of)  3 years    Undated   Eurochips website Israel   2 years    2010   Personal communication, Israeli Ministry of Justice official Italy   6 years  Pregnant women should not be imprisoned  2011   agi.it website, COPING DoW PsychologySocial ScienceSocial PsychologyPSY 222Share Question