. >> georgina and her baby, vanessa, are part of a unique nursery program for inmates who have babiesne of the few programs in the country which allow an inmate mother to care for her baby. >> under new york state law, a woman who gives birth while in custody has a legal right to keep the baby with her for up to a year, as long as they are not neglectful or abusive of the child, in which case we have some authority to go to the child welfare authorities and have the child taken away. and we operate the nursery with capacity for about 15 or 16 babies. happily, it's never that many. i think it's a pretty sad beginning to an existence to return to a nursery in a jail or a prison just after you're born. >> there is an application process. we have a mental health evaluation. there's a review of her charges by department of correction. violent charges are not permitted in this nursery. >> okay. >> having the babies here, what it does for the mothers, it encourages bonding between mother and baby. the women here learn parenting and prenatal skills. and they begin to learn how to love themsel