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Suggested Reading
Mothering and Parenting from the Inside

Books and Articles

Bernstein, Nell: "When the jailhouse is far from home: Kids with parents behind bars share the pain of incarceration." FAMMGRAM, Spring 2000.
 
Bloom, Barbara: "Mothers in Prison: Research, Policies and Programs." Family & Corrections Network REPORT. Palmyra, Virginia, Issue 14, 1997.
 
Child Welfare League of America: "Children with Parents in Prison." Child Welfare Journal. 1998.
 
Enos, Sandra: "Mothering from the Inside: Parenting in a Women’s Prison." (SUNY Series in Women, Crime, and Criminology) State University of New York Press, 2001.
 
Gabel, Katherine and Denise Johnston (contributor): "Children of Incarcerated Parents." Lexington Books, 1995.
 
Hairston, Creasie Finney: "Mothers in Jail: Parent-Child Separation and Jail Visitation." AFFILIA Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 1991.
 
Hairston, Creasie Finney: "Family Ties During Imprisonment: Important to Whom and For What?" 18 Journal of Sociology and Social Work. 87-104 (1991).
 
Seymour, Cynthia B.: "Parents in Prison: Children in Crisis." An issue brief for Child Welfare League of America. 1997.
 
Slavin, Peter: "Children with Parents Behind Bars: They Serve a Sentence of Their Own." Children's Voice. Child Welfare League of America, Vol. 9, No. 5, September 2000.
 
Yaffe, Rebecca M., Lonnie F. Hoade, and Barbara S. Moody: "When a Parent Goes to Jail: A Comprehensive Guide for Counseling Children of Incarcerated Parents." Rayve Productions, 2000.
 

Online Links

Incarcerated Parents' Manual
(LSPC publication)
 
Manual for Grandparent-Relative Caregivers and Their Advocates
(LSPC publication)
 
Incarcerated Parents and Their Children
(Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics report)
 
"Orphans of the Drug War"
(salon.com)
 
Family and Corrections Network
(check out the Reading Room for additional reports/resources)
 

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