JACKSBORO, Tennessee — On opposite sides of the county jail, a mother and her son chat about school, girls, birthday gifts — and their future together. They aren’t allowed to see each other face-to-face, so the inmate and the fifth-grader connect by video. “Hi, Mommy,” 10-year-old Robby says to Krystle Sweat, clutching a phone in the visiting room as he looks at his mother on a screen, sitting in her cell. Robby hasn’t hugged her since Christmas 2015, just before Sweat wound up back behind bars.
Drug Addiction Is Landing More Women Behind Bars
The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News
Mon, 05/21/2018 - 5:50am
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Maine Penobscot County Bangor
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