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  • Children’s life chances are hurt when their parents are sent to prison.

    Children’s life chances are hurt when their parents are sent to prison.Children of incarcerated parents are more likely to go on to engage in criminal behavior, have mental health problems, use illegal drugs, and fare  … read moreSource: Parents IncarceratedPublished on 2016-09-23

  • Letter of the Day | Denham Town police cold, callous

    Letter of the Day | Denham Town police cold, callousMany of the incarcerated persons were the sole breadwinner – not just for their children – but for siblings and parents. Incarceration left these persons with a multitude of challenges, including housing, educational, financial and  … read moreSource: Parents IncarceratedPublished on 2016-09-23

  • At-risk kids get a helping hand from local corporations

    At-risk kids get a helping hand from local corporationsCommunity Outreach Ministry serves children of incarcerated parents in the Southwest Detention Center, and their goal is to help break the cycle of  … read moreSource: Parents IncarceratedPublished on 2016-09-22

  • Walk in a prisoner’s shoes with virtual reality filmmaking

    Walk in a prisoner’s shoes with virtual reality filmmakingIn 2014 a Rutgers University study reported that more than 2.7 million, or 1 in 28, children in the U.S. have an incarcerated parent. Of these kids, Black  … read moreSource: Parents IncarceratedPublished on 2016-09-21

  • Conference spotlights consequences of parental incarceration

    Conference spotlights consequences of parental incarcerationWith millions of American parents, mostly fathers, locked in jails and prisons, a national conference at Cornell Sept. 15-16 shined the spotlight on their  … read moreSource: Parents IncarceratedPublished on 2016-09-21

  • Director: High poverty, juvenile issues

    Director: High poverty, juvenile issues“In almost every case, parents who have to take a low-wage, second-shift job … 20 17-year-old juveniles from St. Joseph County who are incarcerated. … read moreSource: Parents IncarceratedPublished on 2016-09-21

  • Kool-Aid and Cyanide

    Kool-Aid and CyanideMass incarceration ripped black communities apart, taking parents away from children and husbands away from wives. Sociologists Bruce Western  … read moreSource: Parents IncarceratedPublished on 2016-09-20

  • Children with incarcerated parents often suffer in silence

    Children with incarcerated parents often suffer in silenceKayla Bowyer was 3 months old when her mother went to jail. Her 45-year-old grandmother took care of her, and Bowyer lived with “Grams” until she  … read moreSource: Parents IncarceratedPublished on 2016-09-20

  • Helping women inmates build parenting skills together

    Helping women inmates build parenting skills togetherIn the Frederick County jail, she found a parenting class run by the … Among its efforts for children whose parents are incarcerated, the charity  … read moreSource: Parents IncarceratedPublished on 2016-09-20

  • Jail ministry talks about children of incarceration

    Jail ministry talks about children of incarcerationJail ministry talks about children of incarceration … HIGH POINT — When parents are incarcerated, they aren’t the only ones serving out a sentence. … read moreSource: Parents IncarceratedPublished on 2016-09-19

  • CIP Jail Survey Results Released

    The Alameda County Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (ACCIPP) partnered with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) to develop, distribute, collect and analyze a brief survey about issues related to children of incarcerated parents to all individuals incarcerated within the adult county jail system. Based on the successful efforts of ACCIPP to gain approval for this […]

  • Parents Incarcerated

    Children’s life chances are hurt when their parents are sent to prison.Children of incarcerated parents are more likely to go on to engage in criminal behavior, have mental health problems, use illegal drugs, and fare  … read moreSource: Parents IncarceratedPublished on 2016-09-23Letter of the Day | Denham Town police cold, callousMany of the incarcerated persons […]

  • How Lancaster County Prison is helping moms and dads in jail build bonds with kids

    “It feels like I haven’t seen you in forever! I missed you! I missed you!” said Jodi Cisowski, 30, wearing blue togs and taking hold of Meadow in an unfurnished, fluorescent-lit room ordinarily used for arraignments. Only the parent, the child and a supportive social worker, called a family services advocate, are present, allowing for […]

October 17, 2016

  • Training & Practice Work Group Meeting

    October 17, 2016 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

    Contact Nzinga D. Mpenda for meeting details
    consult.dayo@gmail.com

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October 21, 2016

  • Time of Arrest Work Group Meeting

    October 21, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Creekside Plaza, San Leandro, CA 94577, USA

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