NJ Spotlight News | Clip | Sherrill promotes improved health care for women in prison

Up to 10% of women entering state and federal prisons are pregnant, but critics say the system often fails to provide proper maternal care or meet basic health care needs. It’s a problem that Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-11th) is hoping to address. She spoke at a New Jersey Reentry Corporation symposium Tuesday about the Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act, a bipartisan bill that she sponsored.