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June 2010

Life Sentences

Minnesota's Children of Incarceration

In Minnesota, more than 8,000 children have a parent in jail or prison. For every bad decision, a child is also sentenced to lifetime stigmas, emotional trauma, and a greater chance that they will follow in their parent's footsteps.

How are volunteers, schools, agencies, and law enforcement reaching out to save the kids of today and the communities of tomorrow? This groundbreaking issue profiles the invisible children of the criminal justice system.

We'd also like to extend a special thank you to the Minneapolis Foundation's Emma B. Howe Fund for their support of this issue!

> President's Note

		The Invisible Children Shame, Lack of Data Conceal the Impacts of Incarceration About 10,000 to 15,000 Minnesota children have lost a parent to jail or prison, according to Parenting with Purpose. Many watched as their mother or father was arrested...

		Our Turn Children's Stories of Life on the Outside Three children share what it's like to lose an incarcerated parent. And find them again.

		The Hardest Absence Teachers, Counselors Help Students Cope with Parental Loss Every morning, six year-old Amy Nolan begged and cried not to go to school, even locking herself in her mother’s car.

		The Great Divide Inmate Visitations Separate Families, Viewpoints On one side are the emotional needs of traumatized children. On the other is the hard reality of budgets and security.

		From the Inside Out Initiative Foundation Invests in Volunteer Leadership, County Solutions When deciding how it could strengthen central Minnesota’s safety nets for children of incarcerated parents, the Initiative Foundation went back to its tried and true approach of training, coaching and funding the work of energized volunteers.

		The Initiative Foundation's 2009 Annual Report (click to view PDF)

		Better Off? The Mythology of Parental Incarceration

		Unwanted Inheritance Are Children Condemned to Repeat Criminal Cycles?

		Parenting Behind Bars Classes teach inmates how to connect with their children.

		Unretired Incarceration Calls Grandparents to Parent Again

		All My Children An editorial by Nell Bernstein

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