http://prison.livesinfocus.org/2007/08/06/financial-struggles/ Exploring the impact of incarceration on the family and other personal relationships Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:10:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://prison.livesinfocus.org/2007/08/06/financial-struggles/#comment-45 Lives in Focus: Family Life Behind Bars » Blog Archive » Children wondered where parent had gone Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:41:35 +0000 http://www.livesinfocus.org/prison/2007/09/financial-hardship-adds-to-a-family%e2%80%99s-struggle-with-incarceration.html#comment-45 [...] crumbled because of Jose’s incarceration. The most difficult thing for him was to see his mother’s health decline with her growing anxiety over their financial situation and her constant [...] [...] crumbled because of Jose’s incarceration. The most difficult thing for him was to see his mother’s health decline with her growing anxiety over their financial situation and her constant [...]

]]> http://prison.livesinfocus.org/2007/08/06/financial-struggles/#comment-44 CJ Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:22:20 +0000 http://www.livesinfocus.org/prison/2007/09/financial-hardship-adds-to-a-family%e2%80%99s-struggle-with-incarceration.html#comment-44 My husband is 20 hrs away from me in protective custody. He used to be 10 hours away. I live in Colorado and he is in Arkansas. Due to uncertainties of his movement I have not moved there. He has been moved 5 times in this past 4 yrs. It has been so financially stressful, especially the calls which run $25 a call. I go to school full time so I have very limited time to go see him. I try and go every 3 months, each trip cost me at least $500 to $600 each time, to only be able to see him for two days, only for four hours and then I come right back home. I can't even stay the extra day in which he would have a regular visitation day, because they only allow him two visits a month. Yet, he in reality only gets two visits in three months. I just wish things were different . . . it is hard to explain in detail the toll it has taken and the means to just make it, not just here but to be a help and encouragement to my husband to and support financially. Any answers . . . Cj in Colorado My husband is 20 hrs away from me in protective custody. He used to be 10 hours away. I live in Colorado and he is in Arkansas. Due to uncertainties of his movement I have not moved there. He has been moved 5 times in this past 4 yrs. It has been so financially stressful, especially the calls which run $25 a call. I go to school full time so I have very limited time to go see him. I try and go every 3 months, each trip cost me at least $500 to $600 each time, to only be able to see him for two days, only for four hours and then I come right back home. I can’t even stay the extra day in which he would have a regular visitation day, because they only allow him two visits a month. Yet, he in reality only gets two visits in three months. I just wish things were different . . . it is hard to explain in detail the toll it has taken and the means to just make it, not just here but to be a help and encouragement to my husband to and support financially. Any answers . . .
Cj in Colorado

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