Kate, the Princess of Wales, visited a prison Tuesday to put a spotlight on the effort to keep mothers connected to their children even while behind bars. Kate traveled to Wilmslow, Cheshire, nearly 200 miles outside of London, to visit HMP Styal, a prison that houses around 400 women ages 18 and over, according to Kensington Palace.

Mums who gave birth in a prison that has been dubbed ‘hell on earth’ have told the Princess of Wales childcare is better there than it is on the outside. Kate visited HMP Styal, a women’s prison in Cheshire,

Princess Kate visits mother and baby unit in prison