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Listen now: Prison nursery report
Posted on May 13, 2009 | No CommentsListen Now: Chandra Villanueva, author of a Mothers, Infants and Imprisonment from the Women's Prison Association and also hear Tina Reynolds with her story of having a child while incarcerated. -
Visiting Daddy in prison: A Palestinian ordeal
Posted on May 7, 2009 | No CommentsSpending time with her dad requires that 6-year-old Jinan undertake a bizarre and arduous odyssey. Usually she travels alone, but last Monday, the Palestinian girl with the rosebud smile and bouncing energy was accompanied by her younger sisters Dania, 4, and Noor, 2, on the journey to the Israeli prison that holds her father. -
Web radio: Prison nurseries report
Posted on May 7, 2009 | No CommentsWeb Radio show: Listen to Chandra Villanueva - author of a new report on prison nursery centers and then hear Tina Reynolds story on having a child while in prison. -
Research: Prison punishes more people than just the inmates
Posted on April 24, 2009 | 1 CommentMore people live behind bars in the United States than in any other country. In the first known study of its kind, University of Michigan researchers found that people with a family member or friend in prison or jail suffer worse physical and mental health and more stress and depressive symptoms than those without a loved one behind bars. The study results could help explain health disparities between minorities and whites. -
Jail time increases odds of hypertension, researchers find
Posted on April 14, 2009 | No CommentsFormer prison inmates are more likely than those who have never been incarcerated to have high blood pressure as young adults and to develop a dangerous thickening of the heart’s left ventricle. -
Listen Now: "Drop the Rock"
Posted on March 31, 2009 | No CommentsWeb Radio Program on "Drop the Rock" campaign - an effort to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws and two former inmates discuss their experiences of being sentenced under the Rockefeller Drug Laws. -
Web Radio Show: Inaugural Program
Posted on March 17, 2009 | 2 CommentsInaugural Web Radio Program on the misconceptions some may have of children with incarcerated parents and the role the organization "Children of Promise, NYC plays in breaking the cycle of incarceration. -
Phone-in Story: Jacqueline tells us of her addiction, incarceration and how she straightened out her life
Posted on March 16, 2009 | 1 CommentJacqueline left a voice message on the Family Life Behind Bars phone line about how traumatic it was for her and her family when she was incarcerated because of her substance abuse problems. She is now involved in a program, Connecticut Pardon Team, that helps former inmates file their pardons applications. -
New Web Radio Show to Focus on Interests of Families of Incarcerated
Posted on March 12, 2009 | 2 CommentsI’ll be co-hosting a monthly radio program starting next week that will feature guests who will address many of the questions and concerns people have when a loved one is in prison. Makeba Lavan, a columnist for Lives in Focus,... -
Reacting to a spouse's 25-year-to-life sentence
Posted on March 9, 2009 | No CommentsAlison Coleman discusses her she grappled with social and emotional isolation, to support her two children and illness while her husband served a 25-year-to-life sentence.
