These Are The Voices We Don't Get To Hear When We Talk About Incarcerating Mothers

About 1.7 million children across the U.S. have a parent incarcerated in state or federal prison. Unfortunately, these kids are among the most at-risk populations in the U.S., especially if their mother is the prisoner. Because for many of these children, their moms were their primary caregivers, they're more likely to develop depression, anxiety, feelings of shame, antisocial and delinquent behavior, and other trauma-related stresses. Bouncing around in foster care can also be very damaging to their psyches. That's why even though these children aren't the ones who committed a crime, they often pay for it with the loss of...

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