Children with mothers in prison are more likely to have outside caregivers play a prominent role in their lives than those with an imprisoned father, according to research from Cornell University.
Oklahoma has been No. 1 in female incarceration for many years, according to the U.S. Bureau for Justice Statistics.
Researchers Allison Dwyer Emory and Sherry Zhang compared the experiences in childhood and young adulthood of boys and girls who experienced one of four scenarios before their 18th birthdays.
This included: Neither parent ever incarcerated; mother incarcerated; father incarcerated; or both parents incarcerated. It came from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.
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