Mothers In Prison Losing All Parental Rights

April 23, 2012

How would you feel if you were sentenced for a minimum 15 months later finding out that you'll be losing your parental right once you're released?  Studies show that more women are being incarcerated with the majority being drug related activities.  I was browsing the web and came across and article by Ann Farmer called "Mothers in Prison Losing All Parental Rights".  The lady in this article had also went to jail due to drug related activities and had lost her parental rights.  This was after the law was passed in 1997 where it states that a parent sentenced to more that 15 months will result in the children being automatically sent to foster care.  The article states how there's an estimated 200,000 children with incarcerated mothers and 1.6 of them have a father in prison. 

This is a very interesting article.  This is the perfect example of where there are many justice groups for incarcerated parents in action. 

What do you think?

Tanai K.

Farmer, Ann."Mothers In Prison Losing All Parental Rights".http://womensenews.org/story/incarceration/020621/mothers-prison-losing-all-parental-rights.web.June 21, 2002.