Children behind bars: Why Zim must rethink prison sentences for mothers

WHEN a woman is sent to prison, the punishment rarely ends with her alone.

For many women in Zimbabwe and across Sub-Saharan Africa, imprisonment carries an invisible sentence for their children.

Infants and toddlers often accompany their mothers to prison, not because they have committed any offence, but because there is nowhere else for them to go.

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