Fighting crime and the high incarceration rates takes leaders who are willing to fight for fathers. In Mobile, Alabama, they have the answer to crime and incarceration...teach dads how to be better dads. In this post, watch how several inmate fathers in Mobile County Health Department's Fatherhood Initiative Program are learning how to connect to their families.
The father absence crisis in America is real. The crisis of Fathers Behind Bars is real too. The stats for fathers behind bars are:
- 2.7 million children have a parent in prison or jail.
- Ninety-two percent (92%) of parents in prison are fathers.
- 650,000+ ex-offenders are released from prison every year.
- Two-thirds of ex-offenders, or 429,000, will likely re-offend within three (3) years.
Christopher Sasser (seen in the video below) is one of several inmates taking part in Mobile County Health Department's Fatherhood Initiative Program. It's the first time our InsideOut Dad® Program has been used in the metro jail.
"I didn't have a father. I met my father and three days later he died," says Sasser.
InsideOut Dad® is designed to break the cycle and put the father back in a child's life.
Can't view the video? Watch here.
"It's more likely if the father is missing that child is going to be incarcerated, have problems in school...this (InsideOut Dad®) is all about rehabilitation and helping someone get back on point." —Harold Jones, Outreach Educator
Please watch the video and consider how you can help fathers connect to their family today.
Whether you work in corrections or are interested in volunteeting to teach dads, download the free sample > InsideOut Dad®
InsideOut Dad® is the nation's only evidence-based fatherhood program designed specifically for incarcerated fathers. Please consider volunteering to help connect father to family.
