Broken Little Hearts and Crafts

This article appears in The Incarceration Issue , a special edition of VICE Australia.

In Australia, an estimated 50 percent of incarcerated individuals are mothers or fathers. On rare occasions, women can raise a child in prison until they reach school age. Then they're handed over to guardians on the outside.

On the bright side, kids can generally see their parents in prison a few times a week, for a couple of hours at a time. This art was facilitated by SHINE for Kids, a charity that organises these visits and offers art and craft programs as a way for kids and parents to interact somewhat normally under what can be very bleak circumstances.

Donations to SHINE for Kids can be made here