When the bough breaks-- children of women in prison
Description
What happens to children when their mothers are incarcerated? In prisons throughout the United States, 80% of all female inmates are incarcerated for non-violent offenses, and 80% are mothers of vulnerable children. This sensitive documentary is an up -close look at children coping with their mother's incarcerations. The children lay bare their longings and their desire for love. Each story illustrates policy gaps between the judicial and social service systems that are supposed to serve them. More than 250,000 children in the U.S suffer daily being separated from their mothers. They are often left in the custody of extended family members where their needs are misunderstood, where poverty prevails and where they suffer emotional neglect and abuse. These children are six times more likely than their peers to end up in prison. Indeed the system of justice perpetuates the very problems it seeks to prevent.When the Bough Breaks -- Children of Mothers in Prison is a powerful reminder that the system must be changed if these children are to have an emotionally healthy future.
Runtime
57 min
Creator
Rogers, Deeds
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2001
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
Similar Films
Growing up in prison
Forgotten warriors
Prison lullabies
A sentence for two
Jailbirds. Episode 7
Women's leadership online summit. Because she's powerful
Inside women inside
Stories from the riverside. Women jailed for killing their abusers
Women and social action. On the streets and in the jails. Class 21
60 minutes. Couldn't keep it to myself
Jailbirds. Episode 5
Women in prison
Sin by silence
Starting point