Shannon Heffernan
Recent Pieces from Shannon Heffernan
The Light Inside: Giving Birth Behind Bars
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From: Making Contact
A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next generation of America’s kids?
Visiting a Prison Nursery
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From: Making Contact
What happens when a women gives birth behind bars? Usually those babies are sent home with family members or put into foster care. But some prisons are trying an ...
