“The Pill Line Is Longer Than the Chow Line”: The Impact of Incarceration on Prisoners and Their Families

Incarceration removes individuals from their families and their communities, increasing the potential for disrupted relationships, community fragmentation, and burden on service systems. Based on focus groups with 38 male and 39 female inmates and interviews with 21 family members, this study identi...

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Main Author: DeHart, Dana (Author)
Contributors: Clone, Stephanie ; Shapiro, Cheri
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: The prison journal
Year: 2018, Volume: 98, Issue: 2, Pages: 188-212
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Children
Effects of incarceration
Parents
Prisons
Siblings
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Summary:Incarceration removes individuals from their families and their communities, increasing the potential for disrupted relationships, community fragmentation, and burden on service systems. Based on focus groups with 38 male and 39 female inmates and interviews with 21 family members, this study identifies specific impacts of incarceration on prisoners and their families. Findings include prisoners’ and families’ perceptions of incarceration’s impact on their communication, health, mental health, finances, and involvement with community supports such as friends, church groups, and human services. Implications for research, practice, and policy are discussed.
ISSN:1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/0032885517753159