How Virginia's re-entry system fails formerly incarcerated women — even when they do everything right

How Virginia's re-entry system fails formerly incarcerated women — even when they do everything right

In the quiet of the Waynesboro Circuit Court lobby, Jessica Cook is desperately trying to get her 1-year-old son, Jerado, to fall asleep. Kids are not allowed in the courtroom, but Jessica couldn’t get Jerado to daycare today. She’s a single mom from Charlottesville and doesn’t have a car, which on a regular day means an hour on a bus to take Jerado to daycare on the other side of town, going home to do chores or running errands, and then return…