As noted earlier in this paper, research indicates that incarcerated parents can be successful mothers and fathers to their children, with support. Correctional facilities need a wealth of resources and services that will provide parents with the necessary tools to re-enter their communities successfully and lower their chances of recidivism. With many families being affected by parental incarceration over time, additional research is needed. This is turn may encourage policy makers to make policy changes that reinforce the parent-child relationship. According to Poehlmann, (2005), minorities and impoverished communities have been powerfully affected by increases in incarceration rates and interventions to reduce racial and educational disparities
