Pregnant with her fourth child and facing a year in prison for dealing methamphetamine, Amanda Long was ready to change her behavior. For as long as she had been a mother, Long had been selling drugs, stealing cars and committing petty crimes. But when she arrived at the Washington Corrections Center for Women eight months pregnant, she wondered what would happen to her baby after he was born. Who could she turn to for advice about her pregnancy while she was behind bars? Long turned to a resource that pregnant women have relied on for centuries — doulas.
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