Jail Moms: Women Raising Children In Prison (Sir Trevor McDonald)

Synopsis

Incarcerated women at the Indiana Women's Prison face unique challenges as they navigate motherhood while serving their sentences. The facility's 'baby wing' allows some mothers to keep their infants with them, amidst a backdrop of a 400 percent increase in the female prison population in the United States over the past 30 years. Each year, thousands of babies are born in American prisons, leading to intense competition for limited spaces. Many mothers confront the painful reality of separation from their children shortly after birth.