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About Author: Ana Toro
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![The first time Emani Davis’s father saw her as a baby, he was behind a glass partition at the Brooklyn House of Detention. At that moment, neither imagined that this first encounter would set the stage for most of their […]](https://prison.livesinfocus.org/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "A long prison sentence, and a lifetime of waiting")
A long prison sentence, and a lifetime of waiting
Posted on July 9, 2008 | No CommentsThe first time Emani Davis’s father saw her as a baby, he was behind a glass partition at the Brooklyn House of Detention. At that moment, neither imagined that this first encounter would set the stage for most of their […] -
Children wondered where parent had gone
Posted on August 20, 2007 | No CommentsAngelo and Angel Pinet were 10 and 11 years old respectively, when one day they began to wonder where their stepfather, Jose, had gone. What the boys did not know yet was that they had joined the ranks of another 1.5 million American children with an incarcerated parent. -
Financial hardship adds to a family’s struggle with incarceration
Posted on August 6, 2007 | No CommentsEvery corner of Jenny Carrasquillo’s home bears the memory of her husband, Jose, who is serving a 32-year sentence for sexual assault. But despite Jenny’s efforts to downplay Jose’s absence , his incarceration has hit her hard. -
Years after leaving prison, a mother still feels the consequences of her incarceration
Posted on July 19, 2007 | No CommentsJanet Taveras has no pictures of her children when they were little. She missed the big occasions like birthday parties and the Christmas holidays. She was far away--both physically and in spirit. When her children were born in the mid-80s, she was addicted to drugs and in and out of jail. -
A mother of four looks back on her life of abuse, addiction and achievement
Posted on June 7, 2007 | No CommentsCarole Eady paid a high price for the 12 years she spent addicted to drugs. When she got out, she set out to start a new life free of drugs and the demons that had accosted her for so long.