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Article: Parents in Prison.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Corrections Today
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
- Author:
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Six-year-old "Justin" and his grandmother drive two hours several times each month so Justin can visit his father in the maximum-security prison where he has been confined for much of Justin's life. The prison does not allow physical contact between visitors, but they can see each other and talk. It is far from ideal, but at least Justin knows his father cares about him.
Children Left Behind
Incarcerated Parents and Their Children, a Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report published in 2000, indicates that nearly 1.5 million children nationwide have at least one parent incarcerated in a state or federal prison. Approximately 600,000 more children have ...