Prison Lullabies is the remarkable portrait of four women living on the bad side of luck, struggling with drug addiction, arrested for dealing and prostitution and serving prison time with one common bond: they are pregnant. Amy, Monique, Joann and Ann Marie -- they all have given birth behind bars.

For these women who are on intimate terms with sexual abuse, poverty and addiction, the Taconic Correctional Facility in New York State offers a rare gleam of hope. One of only five prisons in the U.S. to provide a nursery program for inmates, Taconic allows the women to keep their babies for the first eighteen months of their lives while insisting that the mothers participate in a rigorous series of classes that range from basic child care to anger management, and drug counseling.

Each woman is released from prison in the course of filming. Each must make life altering choices: whether to find a job and break the cycle of relapse and re-arrest that has led to the loss of her other children, or pick up the crack-pipe, abandon the child and return to the streets. Prison Lullabies addresses these issues by allowing the inmates to relate their own stories.

"Nothing detracts from the meat of the documentary which raises any number of questions about recidivism, rehabilitation. abuse, and the underbelly of american society. Overall, this is highly recommended and would be of use in collections supporting criminal justice, social work and women's studies." Michelle L. Zafron, Health Sciences Library, University of Buffalo for Educational Media Reviews Online

Prisoner's Justice Film Festival, 2006
Riverrun International Film Festival, 2005
Women in the Director's Chair, 2004
Tiburon Film Festival, 2004
Women's Film Festival of Creteil, 2004
St. Louis International Film Festival, 2003
Jury Award, Annapolis International Film Festival
St. John's International Film and Video Festival, 2003
Best Documentary, Annapolis Film Festival, 2003
Milwaukee International Film Festival, 2003
Westchester Film Festival, NY, 2003
Athens International Film and Video Festival (Ten Best Documentaries), 2003
United Nations Association Film Festival, 2003