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Stay at home mother to two children

My passion is ...

children

I know too much about ...

nothing!

My parents always told me ...

to be myself

My childhood ambition ...

to be a nurse

My favorite memory ...

pregnancy

Why I write ...

I love to tell others my story

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

the television

My first job ...

waitress

My best moment ...

childbirth

My inspiration ...

God

Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Behavior & Discipline (Other) Should children be allowed to visit or tour prisons?

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It is a sad yet very real fact that many children have a parent and sometimes two behind bars. Now I agree that a child has a right to visit his or her parent while they are incarcerated. But here is where it gets a little scary for me. I am the wife of a Correctional Officer. My husbad has been the officer that is standing watch in the visiting room and has seen many families interact on several occasions in the visiting area. Here are the drawbacks that we see. First, they get an initial impression of intimidation during the visitor search process. Then their parent is escorted in in han...

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