Over 70% of incarcerated women in Canada are mothers, and since 1990 they have been allowed to keep their children under school age with them behind bars.

With unprecedented access to several federal penitentiaries, investigative journalist Cristina Howorun is going inside to reveal what life is like for incarcerated parents - and for children with locked up mothers. 

Howorun spends time with mothers, children, social workers and temporary caregivers to delve into the lives of prison moms, learning what parenting looks like from behind barbed wire.