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Helping Incarcerated Mothers Respond to Children’s Strong Emotions

“I don’t have any friends” “My teacher hates me”

I started Patch thinking about how good it would be to have a visit that would be just my son and myself. What I got was that and so much more.

Mom, you’re in prison so far, far away and it hurts me almost every day

Here are notes from children expressing what they feel about PATCH visits.

Brynn, age 10, began PATCH visits with her mother four and a half years ago. Her mother explains that having her young daughter come into a prison for visits concerned her. The general visiting room was full of offenders and visitors. It was loud and all of the noise...