Irene Caselli is a multimedia freelance journalist with a decade of experience in Latin America. She regularly reports for international media, such as BBC News, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Guardian and Monocle https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/irene-caselli/rss en Education Politics and Policy Tue, 02 Jan 2018 09:30:00 +0000 Melissa Lyttle, Irene Caselli https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2018/01/02/babies-behind-bars https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2018/01/02/babies-behind-bars In the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, mothers serving prison sentences are allowed to keep children under 4 with them as they serve their sentence. They say having the kids there helps, but some worry it’s sending the wrong message.