We put a different spin on Mother's Day over at the Free Press. Staff writer Lauren Ober came up with an incredible idea to tell the story of Mother's Day through the eyes and voices of incarcerated mothers serving time at Dale Correctional Facility in Waterbury, VT. I was assigned to shoot this story and am so glad I was as I really appreciate these mothers allowing us to talk with them and photograph them while they serve time away from their children. Yes, these women are criminals; most of them serving time for various parole violations, drug offenses and other non-violent crimes, but having to leave their children while they're behind bars is a tragedy that few consider when thinking about those serving time. Many of these women have completely lost parental rights to their children or face the facts that these children have been adopted by other families. The children and family unit suffer when a parent is incarcerated and Lauren's story sought to describe just how that dynamic works, or doesn't work. Click the link below to read her story and also the multimedia link to view the audio slideshow I produced for this story - my most favorite to date.
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