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| Prison dads try to break cycle |
| By /blog.al. |
| Published: 09/21/2009 |
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CHESHIRE, Conn.—When prison inmate Jordan Rambert, 19, contemplates his 2-year-old son's future, he imagines they are close and his son doesn't get into trouble. Rambert, who is from New Haven, is serving 3 1/2 years at Manson Youth Institution in Cheshire for drug possession. At the prison, he has been taking a course on how to be a good parent. He's hoping to break a cycle that, if allowed to continue, would mean his son would have a good chance of ending up behind bars. Rambert's mother served time in jail when he was an adolescent, he said. "This course is a great program. It has given me a lot of ideas about how to keep my son from being in a place like this," he said. "We learn about responsibility and building memories with your kid and getting to know him. We've learned that we should support whatever our child's interests are." The new state budget provides $1.4 million $700,000 annually for the next two fiscal years for programs designed to help children who have parents in prison. Brian Garnett, a state Department of Correction spokesman, said there has been a cycle in which children of incarcerated parents often end up in prison. "I think it's good that the state is giving more money to help children," Rambert said. "If there are more programs, we should see a change and break this cycle." According to Garnett, the $1.4 million is additional funding for new and enhanced programming. Read More. "target="_new">Read More. |
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