According
to the Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents...
- The number of minor children in the
U.S. who have experienced parental incarceration is unknown,
but estimated by the Center for Children of Incarcerated
Parents to be at least 10 million.
- About three quarters of all
female prisoners and two thirds of all male prisoners are
parents with an average of 2.4 and 2.0 children each,
respectively.
- On any given day in the U.S.,
there are over 2 million minor children with an incarcerated
parent.
- A significant but unknown
proportion of the children of incarcerated mothers also have
an incarcerated father.
Center for Children of Incarcerated
Parents. 2001. How Many Children of Incarcerated Parents Are
There? Eagle Rock, CA: Center for Children of Incarcerated
Parents.
Document available at http://www.e-ccip.org/publication.html
According to a 1999 Department
of Justice report...
- Approximately 7 in 10 women
under correctional sanction have minor children -- children
under the age of 18.
- Women under correctional care,
custody, or supervision with minor children reported an
average of 2.11 children of this age.
- These estimates translate into
more than 1.3 million minor children who are the offspring of
women under correctional sanction; more than a quarter million
of these children have mothers who are serving time in prison
or jail.
Greenfield, Lawrence A., and Tracy
L. Snell. 1999. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report:
Women Offenders. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs.
Document available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wo.htm.
According to a 2000 Department
of Justice report...
- In 1999 an estimated 721,500
State and Federal prisoners were parents to 1,498,800 children
under age 18.
- 22% of all minor children with a
parent in prison were under 5 years old.
Mumola, Christopher J. 2000. Bureau
of Justice Statistics Special Report: Incarcerated Parents and
Their Children. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs.
Document available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/iptc.htm.
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