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Malishia Booker is serving twenty years for aggravated assault against a public servant. Booker is serving her time at the Christina Melton Crain Unit in Gatesville, Texas. She stood for a portrait after an interview with The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday March 14, 2017. For the Booker sisters, whenever their mother Malishia Booker went to jail, it seemed as though they were also being punished. Throughout their lives, they endured foster care, bouncing between relatives and toughing it out on their own. Critics say children of jailed women often get lost in a criminal justice system that doesn’t count or track them. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

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