Parents in Prison, Children in Despair: A Link

Scrolling through my friendly blog links I found this deep reflection from Scott Henson on the children of prisoners. It is well worth considering.

In the criminalizing trends of USA public policy over the past generation our images of prisoners tend to come at us in mug shots that isolate the face, the life, the consequence of incarceration.

But as Henson pleads for us to remember, the cost of prison is always more than the cost of the prisoner, because so many are moms and dads, too.

Henson’s story contributes fresh impressions for taking seriously our mutual responsibilities to decriminalize the USA, but quickly.

Link to the program that inspired Henson’s reflection.