How to Be a Better Mum in Jail
Listen to the BBC news report on “How to be a better mum in jail” featuring an interview with Prof. Rebecca Shlafer about her doula project with incarcerated pregnant women. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p055267t
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Encouraging Responsible Fatherhood
A new report from the Urban Institute summarizes 6 programs for fathers with a history of incarceration. The following organizations and programs were included in the report: Kanawha Institute for Social Research and Action, Inc....
Incarcerated Parent-Child Visit Information from the Urban Institute
The Urban Institute just released a white paper focusing on parent-child visitation when parents are in jail or prison. “Research on the effectiveness of different types of visits is limited, but many experts believe...
New study on attachment in children with incarcerated fathers
My recent Ph.D. graduates (Drs. Cynthia Burnson, Lindsay Weymouth, and Hilary Runion) and I just published a new study on attachment in young children with incarcerated fathers. We rated young children’s attachment behaviors at home and developed...
US News & World Report: Parents in Prison
http://health.usnews.com/wellness/family/articles/2017-01-19/parent-in-prison-how-to-protect-the-well-being-of-the-child
Collateral Consequences of Parental Incarceration
When parents are arrested and go to prison or jail, children are affected; when parents come home from prison or jail, children are affected. How? Why? What can help children in these circumstances? These...
About Me
I have been studying children and families affected by parental incarceration since my first National Institutes of Health grant was funded in 2001. I first became aware of the issue in the late 1990s...
Meet ‘Alex’ of Sesame Street
Sesame Street’s Emmy-nominated initiative, Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration, was introduced in June 2013 at the White House. Alex the Muppet has an incarcerated father and he receives support from his friends, including learning...
Visits Matter
Contact between incarcerated parents and their children is an emotional topic! Most incarcerated parents say that separation from their children is the most difficult part of being in prison or jail, and having contact...
More Than 5 Million Children
A recent study indicated that more than 5 million children have experienced a co-resident parent leaving for jail or prison. The vast majority of affected children have an incarcerated father. Children with a father in...