Kids with PIP(Parents In Prison)

08/04/2021

In Vermont, Finding Alternatives to Mass Incarceration: Lives Improved by Ending Separation Act (FAMILIES Act) would allow federal judges to divert parents and caregivers from incarceration into a comprehensive program that would better serve them, their families and society by offering resources, services and training to meet their unique needs.

08/04/2021

https://www.hngnews.com/deforest_times/news/regional/article_23d45cb2-fac8-53db-a791-07630866f57a.html

At 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 5, six incarcerated men in the Dane County Jail will graduate from the Parenting Inside Out (PIO) program. Like most jail programming, PIO had

08/04/2021

Helping kids reconnect, strengthen relationships with incarcerated parents

In January 2020, the nonprofit The Contingent launched a program called Know Me Now to facilitate visits for kids with their incarcerated parents. We talk with Hosheman Brown, the director of community engagement for Know Me Now, and Antoinette So’Fine, who is a mother currently serving time in th...

08/04/2021

In Texas, Girls Embracing Mothers, (GEM) host a camp for about 20 girls, all of whom have mothers that are either currently or formerly incarcerated. Save

08/04/2021

In the U.S., there is a silent epidemic. Our children are the collateral damage, devastated by a parent behind bars.
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08/04/2021

benefit from effective intervention services through one-to-one mentoring relationships.

05/25/2021

Reform is needed for ......separation from parents is not beneficial for healthy child development

While many Americans watched in horror as family separation policies tore families apart at the border, many of us didn’t know how frequently our laws tear apart families of color here in Connecticut.

04/23/2021

It’s not about what your parents may or may not have done,” “It’s about what you’re going to do.”

Her husband was sentenced to life in prison for murder. She wouldn't let it be a life sentence for her children too.

04/23/2021

Girls Embracing Mothers(GEM) in Dallas, TX, works with imprisoned women & their daughters to keep & nurture a mother/daughter bond. must stay connected!!

04/23/2021

Health effects of incarceration on has been called a “hidden epidemic” by Pediatric Research

Nationally, one in every 14 youth in the United States will experience having an incarcerated parent at some point during their childhood.

01/27/2021

Mississippi desperately needs Prison reform to work in their favor!!.......

Mississippi desperately needs to reform its criminal justice system. I know this first hand because I have walked the halls of the State Capitol and discussed this issue with my colleagues from both parties, with advocates, and with families who have been affected.

01/27/2021

NEWS
A push for sentencing reform in Oklahoma

There’s a new push for sentencing reform in Oklahoma after a majority of people voted against State Question 805, a measure that would have stopped the use of sentence enhancements for non-violent offenders because of a prior non-violent conviction.