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Inmates' Kids Loosing Support Over Cuts
By kansascity.com
Published: 05/10/2010

The last time Sylvester Sisco’s name showed up in this newspaper, it was in a story about crime and punishment.

Today, it’s a story about hope and potential — albeit one with a big asterisk of budget uncertainty.

Sylvester Sisco II was convicted in October for his part in a 2006 murder in a Kansas City bar. He’s 28, and he’s facing a lifetime in prison.

His son, Sylvester Sisco III, is a third-grader in Kansas City. With the help of Leland Abraham, his opportunities are boundless.

Abraham, a Lee’s Summit lawyer, is a mentor to Sylvester through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City. They’re matched by the organization’s Amachi program, which connects “bigs” to kids with incarcerated parents.

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