A Law's Fallout: Women in Prison Fight for Custody 
It Encourages Adoption of Many Foster Kids; Mothers Lose Contact 
Judge: 'Too Much History'

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y.-In January 2004, Tamika Davis was leaving a department store in a mall with her son, when security officers nabbed her for stealing men's jeans and shirts. 

Her children, an 11-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl, were eventually sent to foster care.  Last summer, while Ms. Davis was completing her jail term, child-welfare authorities moved to end her parental rights, so the children could be available for adoption. 

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