The protest was set up like a child's birthday party with dancing and people singing nursery rhymes.
A demonstration has been held outside a jail calling for an end to imprisoning pregnant women and new mothers.the third anniversary of a baby's deathOne protester, Anna Harley, who gave birth in jail, said it was a trauma that "will live with me for ever".
Janey Starling, co-director of Level Up, said despite the death of two babies in prison in the past three years, "very little has changed".Ms Harley, 36, gave birth while remanded in custody ahead of her sentencing."It was the worst time of my life," she said. Mel Evans, 39, from Manchester, who set up the campaign group No Births Behind Bars with a friend, also joined the protest.
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