This research canvasses other mother/infant programs noted in the literature, pointing to the special nature of the Western Australia situation. The study focuses on the impact of infants in prison on institutional life and the management problems so engendered. The data indicate that overall, infants have a positive impact on prison life by muting some of the more debilitating effects of institutionalization. Major concerns expressed by those interviewed (prison staff, prisoner mothers, and other prisoners) are, respectively, prisoner management, mother/infant facilities and family ties, and concerns of justice. With these problems in mind, problems of the current program are discussed together with suggested solutions. Nineteen references and an appendix showing characteristics of mothers and infants in prison are included. (Author abstract modified)