‘Why must I give up my child? I hurt every second of the day’: Harrowing images reveal pain of convict mothers who give birth behind bars only to see their newborns taken away just hours later
- Laura Strange, 25, is incarcerated at Valley State Prison, California
- Mother-of-two is serving a two year sentence for drugs charges
- Newborn daughter taken away just two hours after she gave birth
- Strange says being without the infant hurts 'every second of the day'
- Photographer Mark Johnson given access to expectant mothers at jail
- He captured on camera the struggle of pregnancy, giving birth and motherhood behind bars
- The prison hospital delivers on average 340 babies each year
- There is not enough space on the mother and baby programs for them all to stay together
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