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Why Mothers Are the Unsung Heroes of Prison

“I’ve seen disasters averted because an inmate said these simple words: 'What would your mother think?'”

Life Inside • 05.09.2019

A Black Mother’s Survival Guide for Her Teenage Son

"The only right you have, I told him, is to make it home alive."

Life Inside • 02.15.2018

I Can’t Visit My Sons in Prison Because I Have Unpaid Traffic Tickets

A mother with debts — and cancer — wonders if she’ll ever see her incarcerated children again.

Life Inside • 09.14.2017

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