United States: kids to receive recordings of moms in prison reading to them for Christmas, SC officials say

A select group of inmates at a South Carolina prison is getting a special Christmas gift — an opportunity to give something to their children.

Even though these mothers are currently behind bars, they will get the chance to give their kids a unique gift, according to a news release from the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

A group of “inmate mothers” incarcerated at Graham Correctional Institution in Columbia have been chosen to participate in the Mother’s Voice program, the news release said.

That is where the inmates voices are captured on a recordable book, with mothers reading a specific story to their children, SCDOC reported in the news release. The program began at S.C. prisons in 2016, The State previously reported.

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