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Report: Communities Can Do More to Support Children with an Incarcerated Parent [JJIE.org]

 

Children with an incarcerated parent often suffer emotionally, academically and financially, and too few policies consider their needs, says a newreport from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Nationwide, more than 5.1 million children have experienced separation from a parent because of incarceration — a situation that can be as difficult as dealing with abuse or domestic violence, said the report, “A Shared Sentence.”

Research shows children may experience increased mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety, and children of incarcerated mothers, in particular, are more likely to drop out of school.

“Our nation’s overreliance on incarceration has left millions of children poorer, less stable and emotionally cut off from the most important relationship of their young lives,” said Patrick McCarthy, president and CEO of the foundation, in a news release.



[For more of this story, written by Sarah Barr, go to http://jjie.org/report-communi...rated-parent/235048/]

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