Children Of Promise Empowering Children of Incarcerated Parents

Written by Julia Paul Friday, 09 October 2009 16:27

About 1.8 million children have a parent in the state or federal prison, 65% of women in the state prison are mothers, and 55% are fathers.

As many as 70% of the children of incarcerated parents will become involved in the criminal justice system, either as a juvenile or as an adult unless effective intervention strategies are set in place. But there is a group just working to break that cycle. CNPI reporter Julia Paul of Families For Freedom sat down with Sharon Content, the founder of Children of Promise, a NYC-based nonprofit committed to embracing and empowering children of incarcerated parents to break the cycle of inter-generational involvement in the criminal system.

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