Katie Piper's Jailhouse Mums
2023 · Documentary · 1 Season · 5 Episodes ·
Katie Piper travels across America visiting prisons and jails with very different approaches to pregnancy and motherhood behind bars.
E11. Episode 1Katie visits Cobb County Jail in Georgia and meets pregnant women who face being separated from their babies just hours after giving birth.E22. Episode 2Katie heads to a facility in Texas to visit pregnant women and mothers struggling with drug addiction.E33. Episode 3Katie travels to the American Bible Belt where around three quarters of adults identify as Christian, and visits a faith-based alternative to jail that supports pregnant women and mothers.E44. Episode 4Katie travels to Illinois, where 1 in 20 children have a parent who's locked up. She visits Decatur Prison, a facility that allows mothers to keep their babies with them behind bars.E55. Episode 5Katie travels to Chicago where 8 in 10 women locked up are mothers. Learn about a sheriff keeping pregnant women out of jail and a programme keeping imprisoned women in touch with their kids.
