Colombia. Buen Pastor Women's Prison, patio 4. An ICRC delegate talks with an inmate who is holding her four-month-old daughter.

Women who are pregnant while in custody need access to obstetric, prenatal and postnatal care to ensure the safe delivery of their babies and the well-being of mother and child afterwards. Nursing mothers and mothers with young children also need proper nutrition. Children detained with ther mothers need to be regularly immunized against diseases and must have regular acces to fresh air and sunlight.