Myla Martinez, six, (left), and her sister Jaliyah Santiago, four, pass by a guard tower as they leave Logan Correctional Center after visiting their mother. — AP
DRESSED in her Sunday best – pink ruffled sleeves and a rainbow tulle tutu – Crystal Martinez’s four-year-old daughter proudly presents her with a multicoloured bouquet of carefully crafted tissue paper flowers.
With her five-year-old son nestled on her lap, laughing in delight, Martinez holds out her arms and pulls the girl into a hug so tight that her glasses are knocked askew.
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