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Children of War from November Coalition
See A Story for Thanksgiving (Isidro and Teresa Aviles)
"In 1999 State and Federal prisons held an estimated 721,500
parents of minor children. A majority of State (55%) and Federal (63%)
prisoners reported having a child under the age of 18. Forty-six percent
of the parents reported living with their children prior to admission.
As a result, there were an estimated 336,300 US households with minor
children affected by the imprisonment of a resident parent."
Source: Mumola, Christopher J., US Department of Justice Bureau of
Justice Statistics, Incarcerated Parents and Their Children (Washington,
DC: US Department of Justice, August 2000), p. 1.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that 2.8% of all
children under age 18 have at least one parent in a local jail or a
State or Federal prison -- a total of 1,941,796 kids. One in 40 have an
incarcerated father, and 1 in 359 have an incarcerated mother.
Source: Greenfield, Lawrence A., and Snell, Tracy L., US Department
of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Women Offenders (Washington,
DC: US Department of Justice, December 1999), p. 8, Table 18.
"A majority of parents in both State (62%) and Federal (84%)
prison were held more than 100 miles from their last place of residence."
Source: Mumola, Christopher J., US Department of Justice Bureau
of Justice Statistics, Incarcerated Parents and Their Children (Washington,
DC: US Department of Justice, August 2000), p. 5.
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