Over 10,000 women are currently imprisoned in California—two-thirds have children, many of whom receive “a sentence” of their own: they end up in foster care or with life-long scars. But a new California prison program, Family Foundations, is trying to break that cycle by allowing mothers to remain with their children in a family-oriented facility.
- Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
- Federal Resources Center for Children of Prisoners, Child Welfare League of America
- “Incarcerated Parents and Their Children,” (PDF), stastics, U.S. Department of Justice
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