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Text Only Irish Examiner: "The court heard of family difficulties and an abusive former partner but the presiding judge, James McDonnell, said the woman’s failings in relation to her son’s education were so severe that a jail sentence was warranted."TO QUOTE MARY CARR(IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY)PRISON IS NO PLACE FOR A POOR MOTHER,WHO'S MAIN CRIME IS TO BE POOR,UNEDUCATED,HOPELESS AND"PATHETICALLY"ILL-EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH ADULT LIFE.NOW SHE IS "FORCED"BY THE "CAREING"STATE INTO THE COMPANY OF HARDENED FEMALE CRIMINALS?THE TRUE CAUSES OF CRIME?