June Mead
Today there are two million adults incarcerated US state and federal prisons.  Nearly half of these prisoners are parents of minor children. Parenting from prison can mean depending on friends and family “on the outside” to support one's family. Often there is the difficult task of explaining incarceration to the children.
Recently, the CYFERnet Parent/Family Editorial Board, June P. Mead, Editor, conducted a webinar focused on what it takes to establish parent education programs in prisons. The webinar was aimed at educators interested in creating programs for incarcerated parents and providing support to nurture relationships between these parents and their children.
An archived version of the webinar is available through CYFERnet at: http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p61543198/
Presenters
Karen DeBord, Ph.D., Professor and Extension Specialist, Child Development, North Carolina State University

Tammy Gillespie, Program Director, University of Missouri Extension

Joseph J. Maiorano, M.S., Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension