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I think we all agree that in this case the mother - who is a light offender - should not have gotten such a harsh sentence. Your vision of the mother being with
by tomerv 6y ago
I think we all agree that in this case the mother - who is a light offender - should not have gotten such a harsh sentence. Your vision of the mother being with the child effectively means that the mother gets a lighter sentence. But sadly that's not the case here... so you're either saying we should abolish hard sentences to light offenders (or maybe just those with children?), or you're not really answering the question.
- jrumbut 6y agoI think he's talking about systems where the child actually lives in the same facility as the parent. Such programs exist, in a limited way: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/06/663516573/programs-help-incarcerated-moms-bond-with-their-babies-in-prison https://www.npr.org/2018/12/06/663516573/programs-help-incar...