In pictures: Mother's Day behind bars
An annual Mother's Day event, Get On The Bus, brings children in California to visit their mothers in prison. Sixty percent of parents in state prison report being held over 161 km from their children.
Mothers watch their children arrive to visit at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California May 5, 2012.
Shonta Montgomery, 28, waits to see her son Levell Jones, 7, whom she has not seen in 17 months.LUCY NICHOLSON
Cali Farmer, 4, (L) cries as she hugs her mother Netta Farmer.LUCY NICHOLSON
Cali Farmer, 4, stands inside California Institute for Women state prison.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters
Amanda Johnson, 31, (L) holds hands with her son Mack Darbey, 10, of Sacramento.LUCY NICHOLSON
Cori Walters, 32, (R) hugs her daughter Hannah Walters, 6.LUCY NICHOLSON
Cali Farmer, 4, (L) hugs her mother Netta Farmer.LUCY NICHOLSON
Norma Ortiz, 31, (3rd R) kisses one of her children as she sits next to her mother Olga Ortiz (L), 55. Norma's children are (L-R) 11-month-old Axel Ortiz, Jovanny Cedillo, Anthony Elizalde, and Christopher Cedillo. Norma has not seen Axel since he was born.LUCY NICHOLSON
A woman hugs her baby at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California May 5, 2012.LUCY NICHOLSON
Camille Glinton (L) kisses her mother Luz Gonzalez.LUCY NICHOLSON
Fulorise Gadson (R) of Riverside hugs her daughter Ken'yida Draper, 7.LUCY NICHOLSON
A sign is seen at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California May 5, 2012.LUCY NICHOLSON
Levell Jones, 7, who has not seen his mother in 17 months, holds up a card.LUCY NICHOLSON
Children draw Mother's Day cards to take to their mothers.LUCY NICHOLSON