south africa: Women Prisoners Find Their Voice

Edith's son Hein was barely 11 months old when he was removed from his mother and placed in foster care. His mother, a former computer consultant, who is serving 15 years, speaks of her heartbreak in Pollsmoor Prison's recently launched newsletter. The 26-year-old mother of two from Alberton is one of nine female inmates from Pollsmoor - serving time for murder, theft and fraud - to produce the prison's first newsletter.