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Children's Museum of Manhattan
May 1, 2018
New York Daily News

Mothers Locked up at Rikers Island Reunited with their Kids at Museum Under Test Program

Locked up at Rikers Island, Estefania Solano said the hardest part is being separated from her three young daughters.

"Every day in jail is like a year when you're away from your kids," said Solano, 28.

Solano was one of three mothers incarcerated at Rikers who got a chance to leave the jail Monday and reunite with their children at the Children's Museum of Manhattan — part of a new visit program being tested by the city.

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