FLINT, Michigan -- There are no bars thick enough
and no padlocks strong enough to keep children from loving their moms,
even if their moms are in jail. "Children
love their mothers unconditionally," said Shirley Cochran, director of
Motherly Intercession, a Flint nonprofit organization that helps the
children of incarcerated parents.
The group's focus is especially on children whose mothers are in
prison, Cochran said, "because when a father goes to jail, usually the
mom is home to keep the family together. But when the mom is gone,
there's a void that's harder to fill."
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