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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. (Clockwise from top left) Cenecia Booker, Kylia Booker, Jessicah Roland, Ja’Bria Roland and Ciarra Booker all stand for a portrait to remake a family photograph from their youth at their Denton, Texas home Thursday June 1, 2017. Jessicah and Ja’Bria use their father’s last name, Roland, while their other three sisters go by their mother’s last name, Booker. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

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