Unintended consequences: kids of incarcerated parents suffer most from America’s mass incarceration

For Wisconsin elementary school student Kavon, summer camp was never financially feasible. That is, until this past summer. Kavon’s mother Keana is incarcerated at Taycheedah Correctional Institution, Wisconsin’s only maximum security prison for women, which means the two have had limited contact since Keana’s incarceration in January 2018. But fortunately, the pair qualified for participation … Continue reading Unintended consequences: kids of incarcerated parents suffer most from America’s mass incarceration