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| Inmates Who Get Parenting Training Are 95 Percent Less Likely To Report New Offenses |
| By thinkprogress.org- Nicole Flatow |
| Published: 05/13/2014 |
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As the U.S. jail population has exploded, so, too, has the number of parents behind bars. As of 2007, 53 percent of inmates were parents of children younger than 18 years old, mostly fathers. If you’re an African American kid whose parent never got a high school diploma, there is a 50 percent chance you will see a parent in prison before you turn 14, according to Brookings Institute data. Kids whose parents are in prison are not only missing emotional support. About half of these parents had been the primary providers of their children’s financial support before going to jail. So Oregon has good reason to be looking at ways to keep parents out of jail. And after 11 years of trying, it’s found one that seems to serve its purpose of curbing the cycle of crime. An Oregon Department of Corrections study found that inmates who underwent parenting training while behind bars were 95 percent less likely than those in a control group to report criminal activity in the year after the training. They were also significantly less likely to be arrested again. Women who underwent parenting training were 59 percent less likely to be arrested a year later, while men were 27 percent less likely to be re-arrested. Read More. |
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