Katie Piper's Jailhouse Mums
2023– · U&W · 60 min · 1 season
S01E05 · Episode 5
Thu, 20 July, 7:00 am
Katie travels to Illinois where 1 in 20 children have a parent who's locked up. She visits Decatur Prison, a facility that allows mothers to keep their babies with them behind bars.
About
Broadcaster, author and philanthropist, Katie Piper immerses herself in the United States judicial system to follow the delivery and often complicated processing of babies and children in some of the most talked about prisons in the US.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Thu, 22 June· 60 minKatie visits Cobb County jail in the state of Georgia.
- E02
Episode 2
Thu, 29 June· 60 minThis time, Katie is in a facility in Texas to visit pregnant women and mothers struggling with drug addiction.
- E03
Episode 3
Thu, 6 July· 60 minKatie travels to the American Bible Belt where around three quarters of adults identify as Christian. She visits a faith-based alternative to Jail that supports pregnant women and mothers.
- E04
Episode 4
Thu, 13 July· 60 minKatie travels to Chicago where 8 in10 women locked up are mothers. She meets a sheriff keeping pregnant women out of jail & a radical programme keeping women in touch with their kids.
- E05
Episode 5
Thu, 20 July· 60 minKatie travels to Illinois where 1 in 20 children have a parent who's locked up. She visits Decatur Prison, a facility that allows mothers to keep their babies with them behind bars.
Cast
Katie Piper
Katie Piper