Families
Mexicoâs Growing Legion of Drug Prohibition Orphans
Why Parents Should Support Legalizing Pot (Opinion)
Moms United to End the War on Drugs Campaign Rally
Moms are uniting and leading the charge to end drug prohibition, just as they did with alcohol prohibition in the 1930s. It's time to end the pointless and punitive criminalization of people who use drugs and the needless deaths caused by the illegal drug trade.
Mothers, family members, healthcare professionals and individuals in recovery will gather to bring focus to our country’s failed drug policies and the havoc they have wreaked on our families. Please join us.
For more information, contact [email protected]
Boy Shot Dead by Drug War Troops
Oregon Court of Appeals rules mother who tested positive for marijuana shouldn't lose kids
New Report: Trends in Incarcerated Parents
A new analysis by The Sentencing Project highlights the growth in the number of incarcerated parents and their children since 1991. Incarcerated Parents and Their Children: Trends, 1991-2007 reviews data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and documents the growing impact of incarceration on children and families.
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As of 2007, 1.7 million children had a parent in prison, an 82% increase from the figure of 936,000 in 1991. The racial/ethnic variation among this group is quite broad: 1 in 15 African-American children has a parent in prison, as does 1 in 42 Latino children and 1 in 111 white children.Â
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Due to the distance from home in which many parents are incarcerated - 62% of parents in state prisons are more than 100 miles from home - visits from children are declining over time. In 2004, more than half of parents in state prisons and nearly half in federal prisons had never had a visit from their children.
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To address the issues presented by these developments, The Sentencing Project recommends policy responses that include:
- Supporting parent-child relationships through programs such as that of the Bedford Hills, NY women's prison in which newborn babies can live with their mothers for a period of time.
- Revise legislation that impedes the prospects for successful reentry and uniting parents with children, such as the ban on receipt of welfare and food stamps for persons with drug convictions.
- Reconsider lengthy sentencing policies that are overly punitive and contribute to greater separation between parents and children.
Telephone Justice Moving Forward
FAMM urges Congress to heed message from Commission, New report finds crack disparity unjustifiable, up to Congress to fix the problem
WOLA/TransAfrica Forum: Aerial fumigation contributing to the worst recent humanitarian crisis in Colombia
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