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Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences and The Effects

The Overlooked Trauma of Children with Parents Behind Bars
Overcoming Trauma and Challenges for Incarcerated Parents and Their Children
Hidden Consequences: The Impact of Incarceration on Dependent Children
Impact of Parental Incarceration
IMPACT OF INCARCERATION ON CHILDREN
We Are Not Collateral Consequences: Children of Incarcerated Parents

"As the child of an incarcerated parent, Carter reflected on how she was made to feel like a "co-conspirator to the crime" and how "the lack of resources [...] and the lack of humanity in the process is very painful for a child." Antoinette Carter

Witnessing Parental Arrest

Witnessing Parental Arrest As a Predictor of Child Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms During and After Parental Incarceration
Arresting a parent in front of a child has lifelong impact, officers learn
How Witnessing A Parent’s Arrest Can Get ‘Under The Skin’ Of A Child
How Witnessing a Parent’s Arrest Affects a Child
KIDS WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS
Arresting a parent in front of a child has lifelong impact, officers learn
"Not only do they worry deeply for their parent, but often their own life is turned around and filled with uncertainty, confusion, and even self-blaming at times, said Gabriella Celeste-Cohen, policy director at Case Western Reserve University's Shubert Center for Child Studies. "Having a trusted adult to comfort a child and help them navigate this experience to lessen the potential harm is key."

Foster Care

One-third of Texas foster care caseworkers left their jobs last year as the agency continued putting kids in hotels
The Foster Care to Prison Pipeline
The foster care-to-prison pipeline: A road to incarceration

Juvenile Justice System

Child Trauma Linked To Prison Time
A Teen’s Guide to Healing from Parental Incarceration
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