A group of inmates are learning how to breathe new life into their relationships with their children through a unique program at a maximum security prison.
Through the 4-H LIFE-Living Interactive Family Education program at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point, Mo., youth build relationships with their incarcerated fathers through 4-H club work. Developed jointly between the fathers and local 4-H staff, the program focuses on improving parenting skills and bettering the children’s social and academic adjustment and overall well-being.
One and a half million American children have parents serving sentences in state and federal prison, according to U.S. Department of Justice statistics. These children can react negatively to the separation and develop aggressive behaviors or suffer from eating or sleeping disorders.
“Offenders join the program because they see their kids are repeating their own destructive behaviors that led to their committing crimes and they want to help break that pattern before it’s too late,” said Washington County 4-H Youth Extension Associate Robert Wilkerson.
In the 4-H LIFE program,...
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