Jessica Jackson, a single mom from California, took on the prison system — and changed her life
12/9/19
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from USAToday,
11/29/19:
Jessica Jackson clung to her baby in a Georgia courthouse bathroom, sobbing as she tried to get the 2-month-old to nurse. Her husband’s wallet, keys and phone — hurriedly handed over moments before as a bailiff led him away — felt heavy and foreign in her hands. She was 22. She had no job, no high school diploma, and no idea how she was going to drive his F350 home, let alone raise her daughter alone. Her husband had been sentenced to six years in prison — and she didn’t have a plan.
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