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BDP Prison Support: What do we do?

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The Baltimore Doula Project has been providing doula services at the Maryland Correctional Institute for Women (MCIW) since 2016, but we experienced a pause in programming from 2020 until May 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As you can see from our recent blog posts we are excited be able to work at MCIW again and are eager to share our work with our supporters. Since June 2023, when we were able to be back in person at MCIW, to October 2023, we have:

  • Spent an average of one hour and 56 minutes at each doula session for a cumulative 23 hours and 20 minutes

  • Served eight unique clients, including seven who were currently pregnant and one postpartum client

  • Provided a welcoming space where no one who is eligible for the program and invited to attend has declined to do so

  • Seen an average of three clients per meeting

  • Donated a multitude of lactation supplies including a deep freezer for milk storage, ten breast pumps, two boxes of milk storage bags, and one box of nursing pads

  • Provided a breast pump to all clients who have expressed interest in pumping milk (a total of five clients)

  • Donated $3,000 worth of infant care supplies between June and October 2023, not including breast pumps

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Thank you to the Mitzvah Fund!

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Thank you to the Baltimore Community Foundation Mitzvah Fund for Good Deeds!

We are a fully volunteer-run operation. Our ability to do our work depends on support from foundations dedicated to improving the Baltimore community as well as individual donors. We recently were awarded a grant from the BCF Mitzvah Fund in order to provide infant supplies to our clients at the Maryland Correctional Institute for Women (MCIW).

We also know that for pregnant people, a baby registry can be an important part of the preparation for baby. Within our MCIW doula program, we have six clients, three are in their third trimester, two recently gave birth, and one is in the second trimester. Our baby registry campaign on behalf of these clients allows us to directly send infant care supplies to the infants’ caregivers.

Baltimore Doula Project