PBS NewsHour

Grieving mothers visit prison to break the cycle of violence

Clip: 06/10/2019 | 5m 27s | Video has closed captioning.

A group of mothers whose children were murdered are taking their tragic stories to inmates imprisoned for committing violent crimes. The perspective shared by Mothers with a Message encourages prisoners, some of whom will never be released, to understand the painful consequences of violence -- and sometimes grants the grieving mothers new peace. Maya Trabulsi of San Diego’s KPBS reports.