Dear John, 

Happy Mother’s Day to all incarcerated mothers and those mothers who have returned home from prisons, jails, and detention centers throughout our country. Happy Mother’s Day to all those whose children are incarcerated and to those who have lost mothers and children. To lift up mothers and illustrate motherhood in freedom after incarceration, we commissioned a portrait series with photographer Aaron Jay Young. The series is called “Boundless: Mothers in Freedom.” 

Special thanks goes to Shaka Senghor, who commissioned the fatherhood portion of this project last year. 

In “Boundless” our goal is to show the beauty of the mothers in our community and to illustrate the poignant mother-child relationships that animate our community and work. We will be posting new portraits from this series today and throughout Mother’s Day week, along with moving reflections on what it means to be a mother from those pictured. We hope you enjoy the portraits.

Click HERE to view the beautiful portraits.  

Thank you to Aaron Jay Young and his amazing team for taking these photographs, brimming with humanity and love. And thank you to our mothers pictured for their love and resilience.

Thank you,
Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC)