{"id":817,"date":"2010-12-10T14:01:22","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T19:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/restorative-justice\/?p=817"},"modified":"2011-01-26T17:09:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T22:09:08","slug":"justice-for-children-whose-parents-are-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/2010\/12\/10\/justice-for-children-whose-parents-are-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice for children whose parents are in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/restorative-justice\/files\/2010\/12\/Children_of_Prisoners_-_Cover_-_Draft_4-1.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Will-Happen-Howard-Zehr\/dp\/1561486892\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1292002299&amp;sr=1-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-823    aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/restorative-justice\/files\/2010\/12\/Children_of_Prisoners_-_Cover_-_Draft_4-11-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2010\/12\/Children_of_Prisoners_-_Cover_-_Draft_4-11-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2010\/12\/Children_of_Prisoners_-_Cover_-_Draft_4-11.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Three million children in the United States are estimated to have one or both parents in prison.\u00a0\u00a0 Here is some information about these children:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 in 15 African American children has a parent in prison.\u00a0 For white children the figure is 1 in 110.<\/li>\n<li>About half of parents in prison have never had a personal visit from their children.<\/li>\n<li>Half of children with an incarcerated mother live with their grandmother.<\/li>\n<li>Children of prisoners are 5 times more likely to go to prison themselves than other children.<\/li>\n<li>Common reactions include feelings of guilt, shame and loss; fear of abandonment and loss of support; anxiety; attention disorders; traumatic stress and even post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/li>\n<li>Longer-term results can include maturation regression as well as reduced ability to cope with stress and trauma.<\/li>\n<li>The associated stress and trauma often results in both short and long term mental health, behavioral and educational issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The impact of prisons on families has been called the collateral damage of crime and of our justice policies.\u00a0 Nell Bernstein, in her important book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/All-Alone-World-Children-Incarcerated\/dp\/1595581855\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1292005016&amp;sr=1-1\">All Alone in the World<\/a>,<\/em> states it eloquently:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8220;These children have committed no crime, but the price they are forced to pay is steep. They forfeit, too, much of what matters to them:\u00a0 their homes, their safety, their public status and private self-image, their primary source of comfort and affection.\u00a0 Their lives are profoundly affected&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Will-Happen-Howard-Zehr\/dp\/1561486892\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1292002299&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>What Will Happen to Me?<\/em><\/a> is intended to bring attention to these children.\u00a0 Rather than speak for them, Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz and I wanted to provide an opportunity for them to present themselves through their portraits and words.<\/p>\n<p>The book is also designed for those who care for these children:\u00a0 grandparents, teachers, social workers.\u00a0 Using a restorative justice framework, it concludes with an essay on the justice needs of these children.\u00a0 The appendix includes suggested resources and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfcipp.org\/rights.html\">Bill of Rights for Children of the Incarcerated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a preview of some of these photos and stories, see my photo story at <a href=\"http:\/\/visualpeacemakers.org\/index.php?\/documentaries\/photo_story\/what_will_happen_to_me\/\">visualpeacemakers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While not &#8220;officially&#8221; released until January, the book is now available at stores such as Amazon.com.<\/p>\n<p>Also just off the press and to be released shortly is a new edition of <em>Doing Life: Reflections of Men and Women Serving Life Sentences<\/em> that has been out of print<em> <\/em>for several years.<em> <\/em>The new edition contains a number of updates on people and statistics.<\/p>\n<p>(For more information on families of prisoners, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org\/topics\/families\">The National Reentry Resource Center.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW January 26, 2011:<\/p>\n<p>Story in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebony.com\/politics\/national\/whatwillhappentome.aspx\">Ebony online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Interview on <a href=\"http:\/\/dysonshow.org\/?p=3874\">Michael Eric Dyson Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three million children in the United States are estimated to have one or both parents in prison.\u00a0\u00a0 Here is some information about these children: 1 in 15 African American children has a parent in prison.\u00a0 For white children the figure is 1 in 110. 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