Family Disruption: Incarceration

incarcerated population

is the population of inmates confined in a prison or a jail

this may also include halfway houses, boot camps, weekend programs, and other facilities in which individuals are locked up overnight

institutional corrections

persons housed in secure correctional facilities

jails, prisons, private correctional facilities, and others

what are the types of correctional facilities?

jails

are correctional facilities operated by local governments that incarcerate those awaiting trial, sentencing, or transfer to state prisons; those serving sentences of less than 1 yea; and parole and probation violators

are operated by county or municipal authorities, and typically hold offenders for short periods ranging from a single day to a year

prisons

serve as a long-term confinement facilities and are only run by the 50 state governments and the federal bureau of prisons (BOP)

private correctional facilities

also operate under contracts for a wide variety of local, state, and federal agencies

women

who, in state prisons, are more likely to be separated from their children upon incarceration

themes uncovered for parents who are incarcerated

social challenges, awareness and attention to adult needs, the caregiver serving as a gatekeeper of the child-parent relationship, conceptions of prison and feelings of fairness, and resiliency

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about half of people in state prisons are parents to children under the age of…

child lives too far away, parent in prison can’t have visitors, and family can’t afford travel

what are the logistical barriers as to why children can’t visit their parents in prison?

non-incarcerated parent, incarcerated parent, current caregiver, and child

what are the personal reasons as to why there are barriers to visitations during incarceration?

child has visited the prison, phone calls, child or parent sent mail, and child or parent sent an email

how do parents in state prisons maintain ties with their children?

factors of facilitating relationships

visitation accessibility (cost, frequency, transportation), child age (developmentally appropriate conversations and support), prison policies (rules for visitation, lockdowns, staff), and parent willingness (identify caregiver relationship with incarcerated individual)

immigration

is the act of leaving one’s country(ies) and moving to another country of which they are not natives, nor citizens, to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take-up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker

14.3%

immigrants make up what percent of the US population with 47.8 million of them?

77%

out of the 47.8 million immigrants in the US, what percentage of them are in the country legally?

family impact on immigration

separation - removed from family and home country

child detention - treated as criminals, emotional stress/trauma

financial/human - cost of detention and loss of revenue for family

educational - child loss of school/education time

policies/programs for immigrants

children deserve protection from additional traumatization in the US and the identification and treatment of trauma that may have occurred in children’s country of origin, during migration, or during immigration processing or detention in the US

humane treatment of all immigrant children seeking safe haven in the US, whether unaccompanied or in family units, throughout the immigration pathway

senate bill 10: richard “mouse” smith-compassionate release

remove barriers to housing access to support stability for individuals returning home from prison: family re-entry program