The children of inmates in their playground outside the gates of Casa Cuna but within the walls of Tamara Women's Prison. There are 49 children living inside Penitenciaria Nacional Femenina de Adaptación Social (PNFAS), a women-only prison in Tamara, about 40km from the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. Inmates are allowed to keep their children with them until they are four years old. Some children move in with their mothers when they are sentenced, but many more are born inside jail

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There is only one prison in Honduras that holds only women. The Penitenciaria Nacional Femenina de Adaptación Social, based in Tamara, 40km from the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, holds 700 female prisoners and is the only facility in the country where infants can live with their mothers. The prison is home to 49 children, and six more babies on the way

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Size: 3680px × 2456px
Location: Tamara, Honduras
Photo credit: © Christina Simons / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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