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Children of
Incarcerated Parents
Studies have reported that children suffer adverse effects
in response to the absence in the family of a father, but the effects
of paternal incarceration have not been extensively explored. (Jose
Santana)
JAIL
TIME: Film shows effect of prison on inmate's family
When
Auroran Fernando Chapa first met Oswego native Edgar Barens, Chapa
was not a Realtor and Barens was not a filmmaker. They simply shared
an interest in basketball. (Heather Gillers )
The
First Visit
One
has to wonder at the intended lesson when a situation you never
imagined possible suddenly lands in your lap. (Lisa Allen)
A
Policeman Had to Pry Me Away from Him
As far as the law is concerned, once your dad is in prison, he's
not your dad anymore. (Nell Bernstein)
Is
Welfare Reform Sending More Kids to Foster Care?
Despite the success stories, more families at the bottom are falling
apart. (Nell Bernstein)
Left
Behind
Tens of thousands of children have a parent behind bars. What are
the social costs of their loss? (Nell
Bernstein)
Out
of the Big House and into the Trenches
Imprisoned under mandatory sentencing, freed by President Clinton,
now Kemba Smith and Dorothy Gaines, ex-con mothers, have to get
their kids to school on time. (Nell Bernstein)
Terminating
Motherhood
How the drug war has stamped an entire class of parents as permanently
unfit. (Nell Bernstein)
When
the Jailhouse is Far from Home
Kids with parents behind bars share the pain of incarceration. (Nell
Bernstein)
Punishment
of Innocents: Children of Parents Behind Bars
Developing programs to bring families closer
together and curb what can become a family cycle of imprisonment.
(Tori DeAngelis)
Fathers
in Prison and Their Children
Visiting Policy Guidelines (Creasie
Finney Hairston, Ph.D)
Some
Days Are Harder Than Hard
Welfare Reform and Women With Drug Convictions in Pennsylvania (Amy
Hirsch)
Breeding
Violence
Locking people up is supposed to make our streets safer, but it
may be doing the opposite. (Sasha Abramsky)
Life
on the Outside
After 16 years in prison Elaine Bartlett came home to a city and
a family she barely knew. Freedom wasn't at all what she'd imagined.
(Jennifer Gonnerman)
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