Elissa Thompson, just six months old, waits for the release of her mother, Christine Thompson, at New York's maximum-security women's prison in Bedford Hills, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Wednesday night’s show featured Marika Turano, the documentary filmmaker of The Word Is Love, and Ms. Lorraine Watson Sr. who became the caretaker of her nine grandchildren after their mother was incarcerated. Unfortunately we weren’t able to get Kareem “Chuckie” Watson, one of the children featured in the film on the show due to technical difficulties, but we hope to feature him in an upcoming program.
Listen to the show to hear Turano talk about the film, what she learned while making it and the advice she has for children of incarcerated parents. Hear Ms. Lorraine Sr. talk about the sacrifices she had to make to raise her grandchildren, the pain they endured as a result of their mothers incarceration and thoughts about her grandson currently awaiting trail at Rikers Island for 1st degree murder.
