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 Incarcerated Parents
and Their Children
Christopher J. Mumola, BJS Policy Analyst
August 2000
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Highlights
- In 1999 an estimated 721,500 State and
Federal prisoners were parents to 1,498,800 children under age
18
- Prior to admission, less than half of the
parents in state prisons reported living with their children -
44% fathers, 64% mothers
- Nearly two in three state prisoners reported
at least monthly contact with their children by phone, mail,
or personal visits.
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