Children of Incarcerated Women

"More than 70 percent of women in prison have children. Even before a mother’s arrest and separation from the family unit, many children will have experienced emotional hardship associated with parental substance abuse and economic instability. While she is incarcerated they suffer additional trauma, anxiety, guilt, shame and fear.³⁰
"More than half of mothers in prison have no visits with their children for the duration of their time behind bars.³¹ Children are generally subject to instability and uncertainly while their mothers are imprisoned."