Challenges Associated with Parenting While Incarcerated: A Review. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Of the 2.5 million people who are incarcerated in the United States, over half are parents. While it is well-established that incarceration has a detrimental impact on the children of incarcerated parents, less is known regarding the psychological impact of incarceration on parents themselves. The present review summarizes existing literature on the impact of incarceration on parents retrieved via online databases. Published articles were classified according to their overall themes and summarized. Pertinent studies include the psychological and emotional consequences of incarceration on parents, the experience of parenting while incarcerated, including barriers to parenting, the utility of parenting program interventions during periods of incarceration, and how these results differ for mothers and fathers. While the existing evidence introduces these issues, there is a need for additional research on the impact of incarceration on parents. These areas for future research as well as clinical implications are discussed.

publication date

  • September 21, 2021

Research

keywords

  • Parenting
  • Prisoners

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC8469117

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85115172553

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1089/1530562042632056

PubMed ID

  • 34574849

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 18

issue

  • 18