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‘It’s like a slow death’: a jailed mother and her daughter on why prison is a sentence for them both

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‘It’s like a slow death’: a jailed mother and her daughter on why prison is a sentence for them both
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Valentina was seven when Ivonne first went to jail in Ecuador for selling drugs. Nine years later, as Ivonne faces another prison sentence, they discuss the trauma of living apart – and their lasting bondSix months ago, 16-year-old Valentina was watching TV with her cousin and younger brother at her home in Quito, Ecuador’s capital, when she received a call from her mother, Ivonne. She had been arrested again, and was in prison. She wouldn’t be coming home for a while.The pair had been living to

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