Resources for Parents

The resources below discuss many of the issues you may face as the caregiver of a child who has a parent (or parents) behind bars.

• Parents Behind Bars: Children of Incarcerated Family Members (Toolkit)
• Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Bill of Rights (San Francisco Partnership for Incarcerated Parents)
• Arizona Family Members Behind Bars; Difficult Questions Children Ask and Answers that Might Help (Arizona’s Children Association – Kare Family Center)

Why is Telmate Involved

As an inmate phone provider, we interact with parents and caregivers who have a loved one behind bars every day. In our opinion, this toolkit provides some very well thought out answers to some of the most difficult questions a child can ask an adult.