About this episode

This episode explores the challenges of parenting while incarcerated, featuring an interview with a resident of a women's prison.

How hard is it to raise kids when you're inside a penitentiary? How do you maintain relationships in general? In this episode, Part III of Prison Week, we head to the Maine Correctional Center's Women Prison to interview a resident. SUPPORT THE SHOW! www.patreon.com/andrewheaton www.thepoliticalorphanage.com

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Heaton

Guest: resident of Maine Correctional Center

Topics covered

• parenting
• prison
• relationships
• women in prison
• interviews
• family

Keywords

• parenting
• prison
• incarceration
• relationships
• women
• Maine Correctional Center
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Maine Correctional Center, Maine

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