Someone studying crime must theorize beyond what ‘goes on’ in prison, to what ‘goes on’ in society and the community at large. In this chapter, to be able to get to such a theorization of what ‘goes on’ in prison, we take a look at what ‘went on’ in the societies and communities of the inmates. In other words, we have tried to examine the ‘contexts’ of the prisoners–their backgrounds, the homes they left behind, their husbands and, most importantly, their children. In this chapter, we have seen what kind of families the women prisoners belonged to before incarceration; what kind of men their husbands were; whether the latter had any role, responsibility or contribution in these women landing up in prison. This chapter found that the contacts between the incarcerated mothers and the children are very irregular, infrequent and with wide time gaps. Some mothers told me that they had not seen their children for months and even years. It badly affects the relationship between the mother and child as well as the mental and physical health of both mother and child. This happens due to a variety of reasons like the distance of the correctional home from the child, cumbersome and difficult procedures for meeting children, etc. This has to be taken serious note of. Systemic and policy-level changes are needed, both at the state and central levels. Capacity building of the prison staff and sensitization training programmes for the judicial and police officers on the well-being of children of incarcerated mothers are absolutely necessary.