Parenting

News September 13, 2019

When People with Intellectual Disabilities Are Punished, Parents Pay the Price

A sex offense conviction can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

By Chiara Eisner

Life Inside June 13, 2019

After Prison, I Became a Better Dad

“Even when a parent has been part of a child’s pain, that parent’s love can still be the antidote.”

By Richard Hines–Norwood, as told to Rachel Blustain

Life Inside June 11, 2019

I Thought I Knew My Father, Then I Met Him in Prison

“In a way, it was like seeing myself clearly for the first time.”

By Sergio Hill

Life Inside June 10, 2019

Father and Son, Next Door Neighbors in Prison

"We take turns holding the mirror to see each other. And we talk for hours."

By Kenneth Key and Michael Key, as told to Alysia Santo

Life Inside February 5, 2016

How I Reconnected with My Estranged Daughter from Prison

One crinkly letter at a time.

By Daniel Royston`

News January 19, 2016

Massachusetts Mobilizes to Treat Addicted Moms

Jail time increasingly gives way to residential programs.

By Meredith Derby Berg

Feature January 4, 2016

This Boy’s Life

At 16, Taurus Buchanan threw one deadly punch—and was sent away for life. Will the Supreme Court give him, and hundreds like him, a chance at freedom?

By Corey G. Johnson and Ken Armstrong

Life Inside December 11, 2015

My Wife and Child Died on the Way Home From Visiting Me in Prison

On loss behind bars.

By Charles Davis

Feature October 18, 2015

For Men in Prison, Child Support Becomes a Crushing Debt

New regulations would give parents in prison the right to pause child support payments, but opponents say it undercuts welfare reform.

By Eli Hager

Feature April 15, 2015

Hard Labor

A doula offers a little comfort for a birth behind bars.

By Simone Weichselbaum