The article from “Time magazine” posted on October 15th, 2015 titled “1 in 14 U.S. Children Has Had a Parent in Prison, Says New Study” raises the concern that mass incarceration is a possible threat to the psychological and financial well-being of the children (Jenkins,2015). Furthermore, Jenkins (2015) specified that African American children have a higher like hood of having an incarcerated parent. Nearly 15% of African American adolescents between the ages of 11 to 17 have had an incarcerated parent during their years as minors (Jenkins,2015).
Furthermore, a prior study by Mumola (2000) observed that more than 7% of underage children African American children in America had an incarcerated parent compared to only 1% of Caucasian children. In addition, Mumola (2000) stated that African Americans parents population was nearly half of the total number of the parents who are incarcerated in American jails. However, only a small percentage of the entire number of incarcerated parents were Caucasian.