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Legacy of Mass Incarceration: Parental Incarceration Impacts One in Fourteen Children by Christopher Zoukis A recent study by the research firm Child Trends revealed a stunning consequence of our nation’s policy and practice of mass incarceration: one out of every fourteen children in the U.S. has a parent who is …
This cruel new policy makes it near impossible for kids to see their incarcerated parents by By Dana Bazelon, Vox Unless you are an attorney, it requires a great deal of effort and some organization to visit someone in prison. You have to want it. There are forms to be signed …
Child Support Relief Coming for Incarcerated Parents by In the last days of the Obama administration, regulators quietly ease the child support burden on parents in prison. by Eli Hager, The Marshall Project Squeezing in an executive action just a month before president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, on December 20, 2016 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Mothers Behind Bars, National Womens Law Center, 2010 Photo: © Rebecca Epstein The Rebecca Project for Human Rights 2029 P Street, NW, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20036 202.265.3906 202.265.3909 (fax) www.rebeccaproject.org National Women’s Law Center 11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202.588.5180 202.588.5185 (fax) www.nwlc.org Mothers Behind …
Mothers, Infants and Imprisonment A National Look at Prison Nurseries and Community-Based Alternatives, WPA, 2009 INSTITUTE ON WOMEN & WOM' M'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE '.,S(»< 'SSO(I.""N Mothers, Infants and Imprisonment A National Look at Prison Nurseries and Community-Based Alternatives May 2009 ABOUT WPA W P A IID21 WOMHI'S PRISON "'SSOC1~TION Women’s …
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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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.&nbsp; The court further found it lacked jurisdiction over the instant appeal …
Benefits of Allowing Prisoners to Raise Babies Born in Prison by Matthew Clarke Programs that allow pregnant prisoners to keep their babies and raise them in prison appear to have benefits for both the babies and their mothers. According to a recent report, two-thirds of the over 200,000 women incarcerated …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Guidelines Issued to Safeguard Rights of Pregnant Canadian Prisoners and their Children by Derek Gilna Authorities in the western Canadian province of British Columbia have published a set of guidelines to govern the implementation of Mother-Child Units in provincial prisons as the result of a successful legal challenge that declared …
Article • January 7, 2016
Brooklyn Jail Guard Loses Custody of Baby She Had with Death Row Prisoner by Joe Watson A former jail guard impregnated by a prisoner now on death row temporarily lost parental rights in November 2013 to the infant son they conceived inside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Nancy …
“No Hope for Me”: Women Stripped of Parental Rights after Minor Crimes by Sharona Coutts &ldquo;No Hope for Me&rdquo;: Women Stripped of Parental Rights after Minor Crimes by Sharona Coutts and Zoe Greenberg, RH Reality Check Five years ago, LaDonna Hopkins was caught stealing clothes from a store in Rock …
Article • October 29, 2015
$727,500 Settlement for California Woman Against County Law Enforcement by $727,500 Settlement for California Woman Against County Law Enforcement Orange County, California resident Nancy Butano has settled her federal suit against the county, county police officers and other county workers for $727,500. In her suit, Butano alleged claims such as …
Federal Court Denies Absolute Immunity to Parole Officers by Christopher McWhorter Federal Court Denies Absolute Immunity to Parole Officers by J. Christopher McWhorter The district court for the Southern District of New York denied claims that parole officers were acting in a quasi-judicial role when they forbade a registered sex-offender …
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