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A mother’s prison sentence often means separating from her child. Some prisons allow women to keep their babies with them for a few months, allowing them to bond. Research shows that those mothers are less likely to reoffend after release. But what is life behind bars like for the infants who haven’t committed any crime? Irene Caselli visited the women’s prison in Chihuahua in northern Mexico, where children are allowed to stay with their mothers for up to four years. Irene Caselli was in Chihuahua,Mexico thanks to a grant from the International Women's Media Foundation. (Image: Mother in prison, Credit: Getty Images.)