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Sunday, March 19, 2017

Understanding the Legal Challenges Facing Parents Post-Incarceration | NewBlackMan (in Exile)

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Understanding the Legal Challenges Facing Parents Post-Incarceration

'Journalist Victoria Law examines the intersection of mass incarceration and child custody laws - from the Clinton-era law that stripped the most vulnerable parents of their custodian rights, to the class-based barriers preventing poor parents from engaging with the legal system - and explains how legal punishments extend beyond prison sentences, into children's lives. Law wrote the recent article "Double Punishment: After Prison, Moms Face Legal Battles to Reunite With Kids" for Truthout.' -- This Is Hell! Radio

 
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