See three different angles on the stories of mothers in prison from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, Independent Lens and ITVS.

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Approximately 75% of all women in prison are mothers: In 2002, R&E ran a feature on their stories.

Independent Lens
At Hilltop Prison in Gatesville, Texas, a unique Girl Scout troop, Troop 1500, unites daughters with mothers who are serving time for serious crimes, giving them a chance to rebuild their broken bonds. Facing long sentences from the courts, the mothers struggle to mend their fractured relationships with their daughters. See more about this unique program, which originally aired in 2006.

When The Bough Breaks
ITVS, the parent company of Independent Lens, produced a documentary in 1999 about the effects of having mothers in prison has on their children, When the Bough Breaks.