Eighty percent of women in US prisons today are mothers of school-age children. Filmmaker Jenifer McShane spent four years visiting Bedford Hills and following the women and their families. A mother herself, Jenifer was drawn to the universal themes of motherhood and the staggering power of the mother-child relationship. In all walks of life, mother and child care for each other. As we watch the mothers inside Bedford trying to become their better selves, we see parts of our own selves - and that gives us all hope.

在这部获奖短纪录片中，密苏里州最高安全等级监狱的囚犯们为寄养儿童设计并缝制漂亮又有个性的被子。

A pair of officers with the San Antonio Police Department mental health unit work to divert people away from jail and into mental health treatment.