- Serious female offenders should be allowed to maintain regular contact with their children. Female offenders should be allowed to maintain contact with their children mainly because children suffer when they are separated from their mother. To avoid anger and depression, children should have the option of maintaining contact with their imprisoned mother. Even though some children of imprisoned mothers end up living with close relatives, they should still have the resources for regular visits. Obstacles created by the correctional system and child agencies just give children a harder time which leads to psychological affliction. Also, if mothers maintain regular contact with their children they might not feel the need to act out in prison
