DOING GOOD

A young man born in an Indian jail has freed his mother from imprisonment, 19 years after her wrongful conviction for murder. Vijai Kumari was four months pregnant when she was sent to jail in Kanpur, India. Although she was granted bail, she couldn’t raise the $180 to post it. Her son, Kanhaiya, was born in the prison shortly after, and she gave him up to a juvenile home. But when he turned 18, he began working in a garment factory to raise money to hire a lawyer and get Vijai released. Last month, mother and son were tearfully reunited.