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In Colorado, it is estimated that 15,500 children currently have a parent in prison. A much larger number have experienced the incarceration of a parent at some point in their lives. Serving time in prison does not mean that you have lost your right to make decisions about the care of your children or that your relationships with your children have become any less important. This manual gives parents ways to keep their family together behind the wall as well as help them to understand the importance of dealing with custody issues. (Author abstract, modified).
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Journal Article Drawing upon data from the What About Fathers study, a qualitative in-depth interview study with 510 low-income noncustodial fathers in three U.S. cities, Kathryn Edin, Timothy Nelson, and Rechelle Paranal, in their Institute for Policy Research working paper, Fatherhood and Incarceration as Potential Turning Points in the Criminal Careers of Unskilled Men, examine the effect of incarceration on men's involvement with their children, as well as the effect of fatherhood on their criminal careers. (Author abstract)
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The conference summary report synthesizes key aspects of the Prisons to Home project including the state symposium discussions, conference plenary and break-out sessions, and the research papers developed for the conference. The report is not a complete record of the conference presentations, rather, it captures the common themes and salient tensions that emerged and their implications for children, families, and communities. Presented research and the subsequent discussions identified children, families, and former prisoners who have experienced incarceration as a group at high risk for…
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Journal Article Almost 2 million children in the United States today have fathers who are in prison. Many of these children havebeen traumatized by the imprisonment of their fathers, and they continue to be emotionally, economically, and socially scarred because of the incarceration. Without intervention, children of incarcerated fathers are five times more likely than other children to become incarcerated themselves. Social workers need to address the children s feelings about their fathers, and help them cope with the trauma and emotional upset caused by their fathers incarceration. The mothers and…
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Our goal in this paper is to examine the impact of parental incarceration on children's well-being and development, and determine just what is happening to these children.
