This research intends to discover how youth are impacted by
having one or both parents incarcerated; and identify consequential outcomes
youth incur, in their attempt to cope with parental separation. Perusing this issue, may reveal that as a parent walks into prison, their children
simultaneously walk into a revolving door of multiple dilemmas linked to
psychological challenges, behavioral difficulties, and emotional/ cognitive
issues.
Researchers have revealed that children who have a parent in prison are
linked to many negative outcomes unfortunately. This highlights the importance of the ripple effect of having an incarcerated parent. Strategies and
approaches to creating a network of effective support and amelioration
services, to aid this population of youth, cannot be determined without first
having this knowledge as part of the needs assessment.
