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Report: 50% more parents behind bars than 10 yrs ago
By wane.com- Megan Reust
Published: 02/19/2015

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – More Hoosier moms and dads are winding up behind bars now than 10 years ago. In fact, we rank second in the nation to Kentucky for the most incarcerated parents according to a study by the Indiana Youth Institute.

Two-thirds of female inmates in Indiana are moms, and more than half of inmates are dads.

People working inside some of our prisons are trying their best to keep families together in hopes of making a difference.

“Dads make mistakes, but they can recover from those mistakes and they can apologize,” Father Daughter Dance organizer Ericka Sanders said.

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