The San Jose Mercury News recently reported that some incarcerated women are choosing to have rotting teeth pulled, rather than fixed, in order to gain entry into prison programs that would allow them to reunite with their children. Why, you ask? Because the wait for a dentist can take up to a year and inmates [...]
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What’s a few teeth?
Posted in incarcerated parents, prison reentry on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »