The latest proposed budget cuts – yes, there are more – are likely to devastate Medicaid, the joint federal-state program for ...

Many if not most children love their parents in prison, but in more rare cases a reunion may be unwanted. This poem was written by a participant in Youthcast Media Group, which offers free and paid ...

One of the many difficult things about visiting a parent in prison, children say, is that they can’t hug them, sit in their ...

When a mother or father is incarcerated, they are not the only ones who are punished: Their children also suffer far-reaching side effects from having a parent behind bars. According to 2017 research ...

This story was originally published by The Illinois Answers Project, a nonpartisan news organization focused on investigations and solutions journalism. Carty and Sharon Holland stand with their ...