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Oregon Prison Parenting Program Dramatically Reduces Recidivism by Mark Wilson Oregon prisoners who complete a parenting program are significantly less likely to engage in criminal behavior and substance abuse after release, a long-term study found. More than half of America’s 2.3 million prisoners have children under the age of 18 …
Video Visitation Companies Try to Stop In-Person Visitation at Texas Jails by Matthew Clarke In one of the latest attempts to squeeze money out of those least able to afford it, companies that specialize in providing phone and video visitation services to prisoners in Texas jails on a local monopolistic …
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Conviction for Contacting Victim by Lonnie Burton On April 27, 2016, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the conviction of a Texas state prisoner for Improper Contact with a Victim. David Schlittler was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of his five-year-old stepdaughter. He …
Article • October 31, 2016
North Carolina Court of Appeals Upholds Termination of Prisoner's Parental Rights by While the identity of the father was unknown, minor child C.L.S. was adjudicated neglected and dependent based upon the mother's history of drug addiction - including drug use during her pregnancy with C.L.S. - mental health issues and drug-related criminal …
Article • October 27, 2016
Missouri Court of Appeals Upholds Termination of Prisoner's Parental Rights by Matthew Clarke B.E.G. (Father) appealed the termination of parental rights to two minor children whom he sexually abused. The court of appeals affirmed. Because he pled guilty to child molestation, Father was prohibited by section 211.038 R.S. Mo. from …
Article • October 25, 2016
Fact of Incarceration May Be Used Against Father in Maine Parental Rights Termination Proceeding by Lonnie Burton The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on August 30, 2016, that a parent's incarceration may be used as a factor by a court in parental rights termination cases. The ruling affirmed a lower …
New Study Debunks Common Beliefs of Children of Incarcerated Parents by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A study released by the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, and in conjunction with the National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated, debunks commonly cited statistics concerning children with incarcerated …
Poor Parents Fail to Pay Child Support, Go to Jail by Matthew Clarke Child support is an enormous issue in the United States. In August 2015, Mark Greenberg, the Acting Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, …
From the Editor by Paul Wright A lot has been written about mass incarceration and the role drug laws have played in boosting the nation’s prison and jail population. While it is intuitive to expect prisoners to be accused or convicted of criminal offenses, the reality is that tens of …
Article • August 25, 2016
Texas Court of Appeals Affirms Termination of Prisoner's Parental Rights by On January 21, 2016, a Texas court of appeals affirmed the termination of a prisoner's parental rights to his two minor children. At the time of the termination jury trial in the district court, the father was incarcerated on …
Article • August 25, 2016
North Dakota Supreme Court Clarifies Child Support Lien Issues re State Prisoner by The Supreme Court for the State of North Dakota affirmed the judgment of the Ward County District Court, Northwest Judicial District of North Dakota, affirming an administrative enforcement action placing a lien, ordered September 28, 2011, on …
Publication • August 9, 2016
When a Parent Is Incarcerated - A Primer for Social Workers, Annie E Casey Foundation, 2011 When a Parent Is Incarcerated A Primer for Social Workers The Annie E. Casey Foundation Acknowledgments: The Annie E. Casey Foundation acknowledges the contribution of Yali Lincroft in the research and writing of this …
North Dakota Prisoner’s Parental Rights Terminated by The North Dakota Supreme Court upheld the termination of a prisoner’s parental rights. Before the court was the appeal of G. L., who argued a juvenile court erred by declaring him in default, finding that causes of the child’s deprivation were likely to …
Article • August 5, 2016
Nebraska Juvenile Court May Enter Visitation Orders While Appeal Pending by The Nebraska Court of Appeals held a juvenile court had continuing jurisdiction to suspend a parents visitation privileges while an appeal challenging adjudication of the children was pending.  The court further found it lacked jurisdiction over the instant appeal …
United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth Unveils Judicial and Prison Reform Shakeup by On May 18, 2016, Queen Elizabeth announced a plan – touted as the “biggest shakeup” in criminal justice reform since Victorian times – that will provide more self-governance to UK prisons and allow prisoners greater access to technology. The …
The End of Prison Visitation by by Jack Smith IV, Mic A new system called “video visitation” is replacing in-person jail visits with glitchy, expensive Skype-like video calls. It’s inhumane, dystopian and actually increases in-prison violence – but god, it makes money. Losing Connection The only way Lauren Johnson could see …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
California Federal Court Rules Early Release Program Cannot be Restricted to Women by Derek Gilna According to a September 8, 2015 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Morrison C. England, Jr., the State of California implemented the Alternative Custody Program (ACP) in 2012 with the goal of reversing the worrisome …
Publication • May 26, 2016
A Shared Sentence - The Devastating Toll of Parental Incarceration on Kids, AECF, 2016 A SHARED SENTENCE the devastating toll of parental incarceration on kids, families and communities APRIL 2016 policy report KIDS COUNT ABOUT THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION AND KIDS COUNT To order this report, visit www.aecf.org/sharedsentence. To …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
How Prison Phone Calls Became a Tax on the Poor by by Eric Markowitz, International Business Times On a recent sticky morning in a trailer park in Biloxi, Mississippi, Mary Jo Barnett switched on her 8-inch Samsung Galaxy tablet to speak with her 20-year-old daughter, Amber, who suffers from bipolar disorder …
Publication • February 16, 2016
Parents Behind Bars - What Happens to Their Children, Murohey & Cooper, 2015 Parents Behind Bars What Happens to Their Children? David Murphey and P. Mae Cooper October 2015 childtrends.org TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview 1 Key Findings and Implications 1 Background 2 Results 3 Who experiences parental incarceration? 3 Children …
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