Reality of Incarceration #1

International human rights advocates have called parental incarceration “the greatest threat to child well-being in the U.S.”

~The World’s Children’s Prize Foundation at the 2004 World’s Children’s Prize award ceremony

Reality of Incarceration #2

In the United States 11.4% (One in 9) African American children , 3.5% (1 in 28) Hispanic children , and 1.8% (1 in 57) white children have an incarcerated parent.

Nationally, there are more than 120,000 incarcerated mothers and 1.1 million incarcerated fathers who are parents of minor children (ages 0-17).

~Correctional Association of New York. (2009). Women in Prison Fact Sheet. New York, New York: Women in Prison Project.

~Pew Charitable Trusts. (2010)

Reality of incarceration #3

Kentucky is a National Leader in Terms of Incarceration Rate. Often referred to as the era of mass incarceration, the years between 1972 and 2008 saw sevenfold prison population growth nationwide. Kentucky recorded the greatest increase. According to late 2013 statistics, Kentucky’s actual rate is 462 individuals per 100,000 population, which is significantly higher than many other states.

~Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology