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US: Why Being A Mother While Imprisoned Is Impossible Right Now
Bustle – August 10, 2017
Currently, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) isn’t required to place inmates near their children, despite nearly 80 percent of women prisoners being mothers. As a result, 84 percent of parents in federal prisons are incarcerated more than 100 miles from their kids, according to a report from Rutgers University’s National Resource Center on Children & Families of the Incarcerated. About 65 percent of women in U.S. prisons and jails have children under 18, with the majority of those women serving as the primary caretaker prior to incarceration.
Also: Report: Children and Families of the Incarcerated Fact Sheet: https://nrccfi.camden.rutgers.edu/files/nrccfi-fact-sheet-2014.pdf
https://www.bustle.com/p/why-being-a-mother-while-imprisoned-is-impossible-right-now-75076
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