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State-funded Second Chance Families program connects incarcerated parents and children through recidivism-prevention services
Summary
Oklahoma Department of Corrections officials and subgrantee partners reported early outcomes from a federal Second Chance Families grant that funds in-prison parenting classes, filmed parent–child reading visits, and community supports for caregivers and children.
Department of Corrections chief administrator Clint Castleberry updated the commission on the Second Chance Families project, an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention subgrant funded through the Second Chance Act (FY22). The project targets two DOC facilities—Connors Correctional Center (Hominy) and Mabel Bassett Correctional Center—and funds partners delivering parenting and family-support services inside facilities and in the community.
Castleberry said the grant’s goals include improving family engagement, learning more about children of incarcerated parents…
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