Statistics and Why we do What we do

According to a study done by The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world.

● Approximately half of the 2.3 million inmates are parents with children who are under 18 years old.

● More than 2.7 million children in the U.S. have an incarcerated parent. That is 1 in 28 children.

● About 15-20% of children entering the child welfare system have an

incarcerated parent.

● Nationally, there are more than 120,00 incarcerated mothers and 1.1

million incarcerated fathers who are parents of minor children (ages

0-17).

● Children who witnessed an arrest of a household member were 57%

more likely to have elevated Post Traumatic Stress symptoms (PTSD).

● According to a Rutgers University Study Children of incarcerated

parents are five times more likely to commit suicide.

● Children of incarcerated parents are nine times more likely to dropout of school.

● Children of incarcerated parents are thirty two times more likely to use drugs.

● Children of incarcerated parents are twenty times more likely to have behavioral disorders.

● Children of incarcerated parents are thirty-two times more likely to run away from home.

● Children of incarcerated parents are sixty seven times more likely to be arrested between the ages of 9 years old and twelve years old, according to the Awana Lifeline study.