"We do not believe that incarcerated mothers and their children were sentenced to lose each other.... The fact that the mother has made a serious error does not negate motherhood, nor should it condemn children to lose their rights to the support and guidance of their mother. To profoundly disrupt family relations during the mother’s imprisonment is to sentence the children to possible life-long injury.”
Precious Bedell and Kathy Boudin
The Foster Care Handbook for Incarcerated Parents, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, 1993