Advocates push for legislation on Beacon Hill to alter how criminal legal system treats new moms

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Jessie Colbert, who works for the statewide maternal mental health advocacy group Mind the Gap Coalition, is lobbying for a bill on Beacon Hill that would change how the criminal legal system treats new moms charged with crimes.

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