Mothers in prison aren't likely to see their families this Thanksgiving – or any other day
- Written by Jill McCorkel, Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Villanova University
Nearly two-thirds of imprisoned mothers have never received a visit from their children.Shutterstock/Sakhorn
On a mid-October morning, I drove from Philadelphia to State Correctional Institution Muncy, Pennsylvania’s oldest and largest women’s prison.
The prison, located in the north central part of the state, is set at the base of a...