Australia: Jailed mums keeping in touch with kids

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2010-08-19 02:45

Article here. Excerpt:

'Tonight in New South Wales, more than 700 women will spend the night behind bars, and some will have their children in custody with them.

The mothers and children's program at the Emu Plains Correctional Centre in western Sydney has been operating since the late 1990s.

The minimum security complex has now started a program to help women maintain a link with their children on the outside.

Nearly two years ago, Cindy MacDonald was convicted of firearms offences, and since then she has been held inside the Emu Plains Correctional Centre.'

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