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Women in N.Y. prisons seek better child custody protections

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Women in N.Y. prisons seek better child custody protections BY DAN OSBURN Albany Bureau Press and Sun Bulletin, Binghamton, NY ALBANY-- Advocates for women in prison were joined by 250 formerly incarcerated women in Albany Tuesday to demand better treatment of women in prison and ask for $1.5 million in state aid for programs to allow incarcerated mothers to keep custody of their children. The coalition is also supporting state legislation to give foster agencies greater discretion when determining whether an incarcerated mother would lose custody of their child. Currently, state law requires that foster-care agencies file a petition to terminate parental rights if a child has been in foster care for 15 of the last 22 months, a shorter time than most mothers' prison stays, Coalition for Women Prisoners Project Director Tamar Kraft-Stolar said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 05, 2008 (boomark / email).