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Update: Arts competition to offer prize money for works that depict impact of incarceration on family
Posted on November 3, 2008 | 1 CommentTo honor that great artwork, Family Life behind Bars is launching its inaugural Annual Arts Celebration & Competition.You are invited to enter the artwork you have produced that reflects the emotions you are feeling during your loved one's incarceration. The top three winners will receive checks worth up to $200. -
Makeba: Why I decided to go to college
Posted on October 27, 2008 | 5 CommentsIf you are a child of someone who is incarcerated and you have a question for me, you have three options: Post a question in the comments section below, Send an email to questions@livesinfocus.org, Call (646) 867-1891 to leave a... -
Violence and gang prevention counselor shows resiliency after his highs and lows
Posted on October 26, 2008 | 4 CommentsAs recently as five years ago Felix Castro was arrested for burglary. Earlier incarcerations were for distributing drugs on school grounds. The wake up call came in the form of a heroin overdose after the last time he was released from prison. It was at that time that he decided that he was “tired of this life.” -
Addiction treatment programs v. jail time
Posted on October 13, 2008 | 2 CommentsThe Contra Costa Times, a local news paper outside San Francisco, has an interested piece that looks at the strengths and minuses of addiction treatment programs versus prison or jail terms by profiling 32-year-old John Delino who went in and out of jail and treatment programs until he pulled himself together. But that program, under California's Proposition 36, is running out of funding. -
Makeba's monthly column relaunched
Posted on October 3, 2008 | No CommentsLives in Focus is relaunching its monthly video column by 23-year-old Makeba Lavan, a young woman whose mother was incarcerated until late 2005. If you are a child of someone who is incarcerated and you have a question for Makeba,... -
Watching your children grow up from behind prison bars
Posted on September 30, 2008 | No CommentsJay Coleman, who served 25 years in prison, talks about how he felt as he watched his children grow up from behind his prison cell. -
Introducing Davian as a community columnist
Posted on September 26, 2008 | 2 CommentsDavian Reynolds, a 16-year-old from Brooklyn, is a poised young man. He is joining the Family Life Behind Bars project as a columnist writing about his experiences growing up in the foster care system. Please watch this video in which he introduces himself. -
Family Life Behind Bars gets an overhaul
Posted on September 26, 2008 | 1 CommentThis project, which examines the impact on family relations and dynamics when one or more member of a family is incarcerated, is getting an overhaul at several levels--from a new look to a new philosophy. -
Video Workshops teach teenagers to share impact of their parents' incarceration
Posted on September 26, 2008 | 2 CommentsOver the course of several perfectly sunny Saturday afternoons, I gathered a group of teenagers and young adults who have in some way been affected by having an incarcerated parent. We met at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, where I planned to teach them how to use video to document how their parents' incarceration has affected their lives. These folks were motivated by a desire to share their experience so that others who were in their position realized they were not alone. But these video workshops provide another important benefit. Did I mention that there is no charge for the workshops? If you are interested, please contact me at sandeep@livesinfocus.org. -
2008 Family Life Behind Bars Arts Competition Entry Form
Posted on August 2, 2008 | 1 CommentClick here to complete: 2008 Arts Competition
