When the Bough Breaks
 It has been said that when you incarcerate a woman, you imprison a family.
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 WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS explores the lives of children in three families whose mothers are locked up for nonviolent crimes. This intimate look at the families of incarcerated women asks the question,
Mothers or children - who does the harder time?


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