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Families of inmates

  • Children of Prisoners: Children of Promise [Videoconference Held June 18, 2003]

    This videoconference identifies the problems and greatest needs of incarcerated parents and caretakers with regard to their children.
  • Community Supervision: Using a Strength-Based, Family-Focused Approach [Satellite/Internet Broadcast held March 16, 2005]

    This program will help professionals identify the strengths and resources inherent in the family as a fundamental support system for individuals up
  • Implementing the Family Support Approach for Community Supervision

    Implementation of the Family Support Approach for Community Supervision is explained.
  • Study of Incarcerated Women and Their Children

    The experiences of female inmates, their children, and the present caregivers of those children are examined.
  • The Effects of Prison Visitation on Offender Recidivism

    The influence visitation has on the recidivism of visited prisoners is examined.
  • Guidance to States: Recommendations for Developing Family Drug Court Guidelines

    This publication “provides guidance for implementing an FDC [Family Drug Court], including the development of FDC partnerships and a common vocabul
  • Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration

    Sesame Workshop's initiative, Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration, provides much-needed bilingual (English/Spanish) multimedia tools for
  • Parents in State Prisons

    “Today, the parents of 1 in every 50 children in the United States are in prison.
  • Family Engagement in Juvenile Justice (2018)

    Family engagement in juvenile justice involves establishing a collaborative relationship in which families are partners in both their children’s tr