Episode

S1E2: Parenting from behind bars

Podcast: Prisoncast!
Published: Apr 17, 2026
Duration seconds: 1118
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Summary

Visiting one of the few in-prison nurseries in America, where incarcerated new moms get to live with their babies. Advice on parenting behind bars from formerly incarcerated moms with the Women's Justice Institute and Women Initiating New Directions (WIND). A meditation on letting go from one dad in an Illinois prison.