Mother's Day is hard for moms whose children are incarcerated in prison
Many women across Florida will not celebrate Mother's Day at a church, a park or a fancy restaurant with their children today. Instead, they'll drive through several counties, enter a fenced-off property, have their purses searched and raise their hands for a pat-down at one of the state's 57 correctional facilities. Their sons and daughters are among the more than 87,000 inmates imprisoned within the walls of the Florida Department of Corrections. "As a mother, you go there for love, but it's always a sad time for me," said Lisa Dames of Hobe Sound, whose three sons have all been incarce...
Source: tcpalm.com