‘Where were you when I needed you?’: The struggles of mothers in prison, longing to see their children

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Special occasions like Mother's Day can be especially difficult for women behind bars. Two female inmates spoke to CNA about the challenges of ...

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SINGAPORE: When Jane’s* daughter was younger, she thought her mother worked at Changi Airport.

Mother's Day - and other significant occasions - can be especially difficult for inmates such as Jane. “In the letters, I told my family that next time I call, make sure the baby’s awake. Once, I got to hear my baby crying, I was so happy that I couldn’t sleep that night.”Sarah will narrowly miss celebrating Mother’s Day on Sunday with her child. She will be released from prison towards the end of May, and she is looking forward to seeing her son once she is out.

“She didn’t know how to react to mummy being around, so she cried, and I ended up crying with her. I was about 25 then, she was six. It was like a child taking care of a child,” she said.The hardest thing about being apart, Jane added, is realising her daughter might learn to “live without mummy”. As such, both of them are beneficiaries under the Initiative for Incarcerated Mothers and Affected Children developed by the Singapore After-Care Association .

After seeking an inmate’s approval to contact their family, SACA’s volunteers find out what assistance families need.

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