Children of Incarcerated Parents Topic of New Book and Conference at Rutgers ...
CAMDEN – Prison can be life-changing not only for those incarcerated, but for the children left without fathers or mothers in their everyday lives.
In her new book, a Rutgers–Camden criminologist discusses numerous complex issues facing children of incarcerated parents. Many of these concerns will be addressed during a public conference at Rutgers–Camden on Wednesday, June 23 that aims to open a dialogue about the needs of children and families of the incarcerated and how the private and public sectors can better respond.
Jane Siegel, an associate professor of criminal justice and chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, has published the book Disrupted Childhoods: Children of Women in Prison (Rutgers University Press, June 2011), which will also be featured during the daylong forum at Rutgers–Camden. Siegel’s book reflects years of research and interviews with children, parents, and guardians before, during, and after incarceration. “My study intended to put incarceration in context with other parts of children’s lives. What was life like when their parents were home and what was life like when they were incarcerated? Oftentimes these families’ lives were disrupted before parents went to prison.”
The public conference, sponsored by the Rutgers–Camden Center for Children and Childhood Studies, the Rutgers–Camden Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, and the Rutgers School of Law—Camden, hopes to attract practitioners, policy makers, and scholars to explore the ways in which corrections departments can implement family-friendly approaches to their programs and operations and how other systems, like education and child welfare can address children’s and families’ needs.
Panels will be held on policy issues surrounding the Adoption and Safe Families Act (AFSA); the role of educators supporting children and families; the developmental effects of trauma on children; interventions for children of incarcerated parents; and best practices for supporting child and parent relationships. Representatives from regional corrections facilities and social services agencies will also be speaking, in addition to the keynote speaker, a formerly incarcerated father who founded Frontline Dads, for fathers dealing with life before and after incarceration.
Siegel notes that how an inmate maintains relationships, especially with family, while in prison can positively impact their transition back into society. However, it’s often difficult for inmates to maintain these relationships when there are only three options for communicating: visiting, which can be too far for visitors to travel or offers unfriendly visiting hours; by phone, although calls are out-going only and expensive; and letters, which young children can’t often utilize.
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June 24, 2011The Real World Event Youth will learn essential skills for living independently and have a chance to practice those skills. Short workshops on banking, budgeting, credit, insurance, and job interviewing skills will be offered. Lunch will include meeting people from different career tracks to learn how to get into a job and making a connection with a potential mentor. After lunch, the simulation begins. The day ends with GIFTS & prizes and inspiring stories. TO REGISTER CALL 545-5683.
June 25, 2011
Oahu: Fun in the Sun! Family Programs Hawai’i, in collaboration with Department of Human Services, presents the 2011 Annual Summer Picnic at Wet ‘n’ Wild for some “Fun in the Sun!” All Resource, Guardianship, Kinship, Adoptive Families and Former Foster and Guardianship Youth are invited! (Household members only) Cost is $17 per person. Lunch will be provided. RSVP due June 8th.
June 29, 2011
Preventing Bullying in Hawai`i A recent study of youth in Hawai`i who had been victims of cyberbullying showed that they were 2.5 times more likely to binge drink or abuse marijuana, almost two times more likely to report depression, and 3.2 times more likely to attempt suicide. You are invited to a panel discussion on the prevention of bullying. Bring a bag lunch. Donation of $10- $25 requested. Follow link to pay by PayPal or call 521-1846 to register over the phone.
July 2, 2011
2011 Fish and Poi This event is open to foster/resource, legal guardianship, & adoptive families who are Hawaiian or who have Hawaiian children in their home.
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