Sending parents to prison imposes life-long consequences on their children. I know because I am one of them. When I was 14 months old, my parents left me with a babysitter and drove a getaway car in an armed robbery. Three men died, including two police officers. My mom was sentenced to twenty years to life; my dad to 75 years to life—he is still incarcerated. Like so many children of incarcerated parents I suffered horribly—in an instant, my family was gone and I was left alone. I showed the trauma and emotional suffering through anger, temper tantrums, tears, and difficulty in school. caused by that kind of sudden and irreparable separation. Statistics show all too well the economic, social, and developmental consequences so many of us face.
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