PRISON FELLOWSHIP: san francisco

International human rights activists have named parental incarceration “the greatest threat to child well-being in the U.S.,” according to The Osborne Association. Today, there are 2.7 million children with a parent behind bars.

Luna Garcia has carried that burden since the day she was born.

Children who have at least one parent behind bars face many challenges that their friends and classmates do not.  Studies indicate that they are more likely to have attention deficit disorder, behavioral problems, or developmental delay.  Those with a mother in prison graduate from college at only a 1-2 percent rate—a percentage that improves to 13-25 percent when the incarcerated parent is the father.