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AG Holder spotlights the important connection between family values and public safety

By Douglas A. Berman

I was pleased to see some important family-value themes stressed in this new speech by Attorney General Eric Holder at the "Fatherhood Town Hall" in Atlanta.  Here are some of the highlights for criminal justice fans: More than 1.5 million American children have fathers in prison. More than half of these children are African American.  And we know that children of incarcerated parents suffer from: the physical and emotional separation; the stigma associated with having a parent detained; the loss of financial support; and the disruption caused by introducing new caregivers into a child?s life, no matter how well meaning those caregivers may be.  As a result, children of incarcerated parents often struggle with anxiety, depression, learning problems, and aggression, undermining their own chances of future success...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).