NYC men incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility graduated from a program that helps them stay connected with their families.
Robert Campbell is incarcerated at Sing Sing and participates in the Osborne Association’s FamilyWorks program.to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!
The men learn how to communicate with their wives or girlfriends and be active listeners, all skills that will prove useful for them in“The program allowed me to look at myself and see what I was doing wrong. It helped me communicate with my wife,” admitted Percy West, a 51-year-old inmate at Sing Sing from Brownsville, Brooklyn. “We used to have a dialogue that turned into a monologue, and then it turned into nobody listening. I’m not listening to her, she’s not listening to me.
Afterward, it would be West’s turn to get an earful from his wife, keeping mum until the facilitator, usually a FamilyWorks social worker, tied the exercise together. “I don’t have any biological children, but I’m a stepfather,” West said. “I want to be the best stepfather in the world. I’m always there for them like they’re mine. I don’t try to replace their father but I give them advice, I have fun with them.”
Peter Enns, a lead author on the study, said in a Cornell Chronicle article that incarceration has a profound effect on the family. Maietta said it is traumatic when a child is separated from his or her parent for an extended period, especially under circumstances involving law and criminal justice.have shown that parental incarceration may be worse than the death of a mother or father. Having a parent in prison or jail has been linked to attention deficit disorders, behavioral problems, even learning disabilities and language problems.
Djavan Perry, 33, is from Brownsville, Brooklyn and has been at Sing Sing for five years, incarcerated for 13. He and his wife, Vanessa, agreed that it is “very hard” to have a relationship while Djavan is locked up. As for how he met Vanessa: it was when he first arrived at Sing Sing. Though the Perrys knew each other years ago, they reconnected through a prison communication website called J Pay.
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