Today Was a Good Day
Tammara McCoy’s three children—and her 4-year-old granddaughter—trekked to Bedford Hills Correctional Facility to celebrate the holidays with her. An intimate look at their bittersweet visit.
At 5 a.m. on a Saturday, Tayla Escobar, 22, woke up her 4-year-old daughter, Truly, to head bleary-eyed to a yellow school bus near Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn. They were going upstate to visit Tayla's mother, Tammara McCoy, 43, at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.
The trip was organized by , a nonprofit organization focused on helping incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their families. In the dark and
