The population detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement more than doubled
between 2001 and 2013, swelling to over 477,000 individuals. Despite this growth, few …

Immigration detention facilities are commonly assumed to be insulated microcosms that
maintain their existence separate and apart from the surrounding communities. Yet …

Scholarship suggests that prison visitation is beneficial and may be especially so for
children and their incarcerated parents. However, economically disadvantaged families face …

While extensive research documents the causes and impacts of incarceration, the effects on
families are under discussion. Prison visitation is one mechanism to help families …

While an extensive body of literature has analyzed the spillover and intergenerational
consequences of mass incarceration, fewer studies explore the consequences of a parallel …

Research Summary By using a subsample of the Returning Home data set, we explored
how family relationships change during reentry as a result of incarceration. Overall, we …

Every year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement imprisons hundreds of thousands of
noncitizens as they await adjudication on their deportation proceedings. Importantly, many …

Geographic separation from family is one consequence of imprisonment. Depending on the
state, prisons are often located in remote, rural areas that are far from the urban cores many …

In the summer of 2014, the US government massively expanded its detention of immigrant
families—particularly mothers with young children—at least in part mobilized by an effort to …

HISTORICALLY, PRISON VISITATION has been regarded as important by correctional
practitioners and scholars (Schafer, 1994). For inmates, social support and connections to …